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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Mark Townsend Home Affairs Editor

Secret House of Lords circle ‘shown to have worked with far right’

Lord Pearson of Rannoch and Baroness Cox.
Lord Pearson of Rannoch and Baroness Cox. Photograph: Roger Harris/UK Parliament

A secretive organisation accused of collaborating with far-right activists has been operating out of the House of Lords for more than a decade, a cache of leaked documents suggests.

The organisation, called the New Issues Group (NIG), includes the former Ukip leader Malcolm Pearson and the Tory former deputy speaker of the House of Lords Baroness Cox.

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