Sentences with phrase «political peerages»

Since then its powers have been castrated and last year David Cameron asked the chairman to limit the commission to just two names a year while he created 30 political peerages.

Not exact matches

When police started investigating the links between peerages and donations to political parties, it looked like a scandal that might topple a prime minister and hasten wholesale reform of Parliament's upper chamber.

It is true that the Prime Minister is re-inventing the political knighthood, and that the collapse of Lords reform opens up the prospect of more peerages, but patronage has taken a hit, and Downing Street has come late to using what it has.

It was the second time the peer had been arrested by police investigating allegations that political parties offered wealthy businessmen peerages in return for secret loans.

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.

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.

Criticism over 45 new peerages and public anger over rising political costs force PM to support curbs on Lords appointments

A Study in the Link Between Party Political Funding and Peerage Nominations, 2005 - 14, is the most exhaustive cross-party examination of the correlation between donations and peerages ever undertaken.

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.

Mr Cameron reportedly intends to award 29 peerages to Tory donors and other political allies, with 15 for Mr Clegg's Liberal Democrats.

But Prescott - who is widely expected to be awarded a peerage in the coming days - is showing no sign of wanting to leave the political stage.

But the documents make clear that the cross-party political honours committee, which refused and then approved the peerage, did want Ashcroft to become a full UK taxpayer.

Resignation Honours Resigning Prime Ministers can recommend peerages for fellow politicians, political advisors or others who have supported them.