Reacting to the news of Mr Hart’s peerage, former defence minister Sir Alec Shelbrooke told the BBC the decision set a troubling precedent. “If [MPs] don’t feel they can trust the whips the ...

Sir Alec said that he had written to the House of Lords Appointment Commission (HOLAC) before the peerage was confirmed to ask that it be blocked on the basis that Simon Hart had breached the ...

The London Group celebrates its centenary in 2013. To mark the occasion of this important monument the Ben Uri is presenting a major historical exhibition, ‘Uproar!’: The first 50 years of The London ...