Keir Starmer calls for investigation into Evgeny Lebedev’s peerage

UK spy agencies reframed warning about security risk of appointing media owner after Boris Johnson intervened

The Labour leader, Keir Starmer, has said parliament's intelligence and security committee should investigate the circumstances surrounding Boris Johnson's elevation of Evgeny Lebedev to the House of Lords.

The demand came after a fresh report that the intelligence agencies had reframed an assessment that Lebedev's appointment would pose a security risk following an intervention from the prime minister in early 2020.