Lord Alli found in breach of parliamentary rules

Lord Alli never manages to stay out of the spotlight for long. Now the millionaire Labour donor has been found to have breached four parliamentary rules over his registration of interests, according to an investigation carried out by the Lords Commissioner Standards, and has been forced to issue a letter of apology. Oh dear…

An investigation over ‘alleged non-registration of interests leading to potential breaches of paragraphs 14(a) and 17 of the thirteenth edition of the Code of Conduct for Members of the House of Lords’ was launched at the start of the month. On its conclusion, it transpired that Sir Keir Starmer’s biggest donor failed to register in time that he had a controlling interest in a media company, was a director of a British Virigin Islands’ based firm or the entirety of his roles at a charity. Good heavens…

Offering his apologies in a latter to the committee chair, Baroness Manningham-Buller, Lord Alli wrote: