Sentences with phrase «given peerages»

Traditionally senior figures in the TUC are given peerages, but Brendan Barber, the much admired recently retired TUC general secretary, has already been knighted in the Queen's birthday honours list.

56 % of people thought that the Prime Minister had indeed given peerages in exchange for loans and donations and 54 % thought Downing Street acted improperly in relation to the way Jack Dromey was not informed of them.

They over saw «a house of experts», where business chums, think tank experts, ex-MPs and scientists were given peerages.

He refused to give a guarantee that Labour had not given peerages for loans, saying «I am bound to say not all the information possibly is out yet and we are still looking at it.»

A former Labour general secretary seen as a hate figure by many on the left wing of the party has been given a peerage by Jeremy Corbyn.

The most prominent pro-Brexit campaigner, Nigel Farage, has not been given a peerage or knighthood despite calls from the right for him to be rewarded for his part in the successful campaign.

That Flight was later given a peerage was a backhanded recognition that the leadership had made the wrong judgement call.

Questions have been raised about his involvement in a case that has seen senior Labour figures and potentially Tony Blair - who appointed Lord Goldsmith to the post of top lawyer in the UK and who gave him his peerage - questioned about corruption.

He spent 2004 - 08 as trade commissioner for the EU before being brought back in a surprise move by Brown, who gave him a peerage and made him business secretary.

It started out with how I was going to be given a peerage and brought into the cabinet.

David Cameron (back row, far right) has helped give a peerage to Andrew Feldman (back row, 2nd left), pictured at Brasenose College, Oxford in the college tennis team

Giving a peerage to the gruesome Alan Sugar is the sort of frantic, misconceived stunt that is Gordon Brown at his very worst.

Human rights lawyer Shami Chakrabarti - who Mr Corbyn gave a peerage weeks after she led Labour's controversial anti-Semitism investigation - is now shadow attorney general.

Shami Chakrabarti insisted Jeremy Corbyn is «not a corrupt man» today as she said he only gave her a peerage AFTER her report clearing Labour of widespread anti-Semitism.

In a move that will do nothing to help relations between the SNP and Conservatives, the prime minister on Thursday gave a peerage and ministerial job in the Scotland Office to Andrew Dunlop, a former adviser to Margaret Thatcher at the time of the poll tax.

Sayeeda Warsi Having fought Dewsbury in 2005, she was appointed to the shadow cabinet in July 2007 as shadow minister for community cohesion and given a peerage, making her the youngest member of the House of Lords.

The new judge has not been given a peerage, but he has been awarded the courtesy title of «Lord», as occurs in Scotland when judges are appointed to the Court of Session.

Not exact matches

Bishops of Oxford don't usually get a peerage on their retirement: but you can see why the government gave one to a useful chap like Richard Harries.

Tony Benn went to court to give up a peerage.

Sugg, awarded a CBE last year for her service, was another spad to get an honour in the wake of Cameron's departure, being given a life peerage.

And Derek Draper and Damian McBride have been creating it in large quantities, and they're by no means the first or the most obvious examples, given the loans - for - peerages scandal, various bits of chicanery around the Iraq war and subsequent investigations (e.g. David Kelly), ministerial expense fraud (or at least it would be fraud if you or I tried the same thing on our tax returns), pretty much anything to do with Peter Mandelson and the various leaks, briefings and spin cycles that have characterised the Labour party for the last fifteen years.

Their decision stated that while peerages may have been given in exchange for loans, it could not find direct evidence that that had been agreed in advance; this direct evidence of an agreement in advance is what would be required for a successful prosecution.

In 2006, The Sunday Times newspaper revealed that every donor who had given # 1,000,000 or more to the Labour Party since 1997 was given a Knighthood or a Peerage.

In addition, it recommended greater clarity between giving out a life peerage as an honour and as a qualification for membership of the House of Lords.

Tony Blair has robustly denied that peerages were given to wealthy Labour donors who gave the party loans prior to the last general election.

The billionaire described how he had renegotiated an undertaking he gave as a condition of his peerage to become a full British resident to allow him to retain his non-dom status and avoid paying tax on his substantial international earnings.

He insisted upon «Tony Benn» rather than the full name, Anthony Wedgwood Benn, he had been given at birth, and later renounced his peerage.

Instead Corbyn has given Osamor a peerage.

Who'd have guessed that Bridges was a lobbyist for Quiller Consultants before he was given a life peerage by David Cameron in May 2015.

That will give the heirs to Britain's peerages with older sisters something to chew on as they read their newspapers over the breakfast table.

Anticipating Brown's decision to give Sir Alan Sugar a peerage, Clifford talks to James Silver (page 16) about celebrity politicians, political sex scandals and why the Conservatives revile him.

Ms Abbott also gave her support to human rights activist Shami Chakrabarti, who has signalled that she has been offered a peerage by the Labour party.

Channel 4 News can reveal that the chairman of the committee responsible for vetting honours given to political donors believed Lord Ashcroft was not a suitable man for a peerage.

«These are promises that were made in respect of a peerage that was given, and now tax has not been paid and instead it's been given to the Conservative party for the general election fund.»

Today we find out what that foundation is, namely that Lord Ashcroft during 2000 made himself ordinarily tax resident for UK tax purposes and therefore fully complied with the undertaking he was asked to give before taking up his peerage.

Is given a life peerage as Baroness Warsi of Dewsbury and becomes shadow minister of state for Community Cohesion and Social Action.

All three major parties have nominated «big donors» to the Lords, and even Nigel Farage — who has been unable to appoint new peers — has rued what limits Ukip's fundraising efforts: «They [other parties] can give out peerages; we can't.

Maurice Glassman's acceptance of a peerage is a coup for Ed Miliband given how hard the Tories have courted London Citizens, the community organising group that Glassman works with.

Giving his old friend Mr Livingstone a high profile role would see him granted a peerage despite the former London Mayor calling for the House of Lords to be abolished.

SNP member George Kerevan asked «Can the prime minister confirm or deny if there have been any official conversations at any level regarding giving Nigel Farage a peerage?»

Meg Russell, the leading academic on the House of Lords, points out that David Cameron would need to appoint just over 160 new Conservative members with no peerages at all for other groups to give the government a Lords majority.

Why not give IDS a Peerage and liberate a safe seat for a suitable Candidate?

Dissolution Honours Takes place at the end of a Parliament, when peerages can be given to MPs — from all parties — who are leaving the House of Commons.