Response to Lord Rennard Investigations

After writing as to the progress of the House of Lords investigation into Lord Rennard the Sunlight Centre for Open Politics has today received a repsonse from the Clerk of the Parliaments (Michael Pownall). We have been told that Lord Rennard is under investigation by the House of Lords authorities and we will be made aware of the outcome in due course. In our previous correspondence to the...
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Lord Taylor of Warwick claims £70K for ‘phantom’ home

The Sunlight Centre for Open Politics has written and faxed Lord Taylor of Warwick a former barrister and Britain’s first Black peer after the allegations appeared in the the Times over the weekend about him claiming over £70,000 for home in the Midlands between 2001 – 2007 which apparently does not exist.  We are currently awaiting Lord Taylor’s response. It is...
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