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MPs on the public accounts committee met police over honours probe
Levy arrest ‘not just a gesture’

The police officer investigating the cash for honours scandal has insisted the arrest of Lord Levy yesterday was not just a symbolic act to show he was serious. Metropolitan police deputy assistant commissioner John Yates told the public administration committee (PASC) that he was simply “following the evidence”. This morning’s meeting came as Downing Street… Read more »

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PASC chairman Tony Wright calls for changes in the way honours are handed out
Honours system ‘must be more transparent’

The role and powers of the commission responsible for vetting nominations to the House of Lords must be clearly defined under law, MPs warn today. In an interim report, the public administration select committee (PASC) says the row over cash for honours shows the current way of scrutinising honours “has proved flawed”. The publication of… Read more »