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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Andrew MacAskill

UK refuses to publish security advice around Lebedev's appointment to upper chamber

FILE PHOTO: Media mogul Evgeny Lebedev attends the Evening Standard Theatre awards in London November 30, 2014. REUTERS/Neil Hall

The British government has refused to publish the advice Prime Minister Boris Johnson received from security services before the British-Russian media boss Evgeny Lebedev was appointed to parliament's upper chamber.

Johnson has come under political pressure over his friendship with Lebedev, and the opposition Labour Party won a vote in March to demand the release of information about the businessman's appointment to the House of Lords.

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