Sentences with phrase «peerages row»

Former top civil servant Hayden Phillips is conducting a review into party funding at the government's request, after the cash for peerages row raised concerns about the influence wealthy businessmen were having on British political parties.

The loans for peerages row has had a major impact on how honest Britain's politicians appear to the public, a new survey suggests.

The recent loans - for - peerages row revealed the flaws in a fully appointed chamber and today leader of the Commons Jack Straw confirmed that a vote on composition could be expected at the end of the year.

Sleaze: «Lord Levy was last night facing fresh pressure over the peerages row after it emerged that he personally nominated his former secretary for an MBE.

The meeting of the constitutional affairs committee went ahead despite warnings by Scotland Yard that it could prejudice investigations into the loans - for - peerages row.

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A Westminster inquiry into the row over Lord Ashcroft's peerage was thrown into turmoil when the Tory MPs on the committee walked out and said they were boycotting it permanently.

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