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style="height:24px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <hr style="height:4px;border-width:0;color:gray;background-color:#333333"> <h2><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-shadow-color">Read</mark></h2> <section class="pp-post-grid pp-post-grid--grid columns-3 align " style=""> <article class="pp-post-grid__item pp-post-grid__item--post pp-post-grid__item--source-selected contributor-catherine-neilan contributor-joe-white type-sensemaker topic-uk-politics topic-peer-review topic-the-100-year-life" style=""> <a href="https://www.tortoisemedia.com/2024/11/21/disapeering-act-some-peers-hide-foreign-earnings-by-going-on-leave/" aria-label="Read Disapeering act: some peers hide foreign earnings by going on leave"> <figure class="pp-post-grid__media" data-image-nozoom> <img width="768" height="512" src="https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/11/CR-Sensemaker-ghosts-cover-image-optimize-768x512.gif" class="attachment-medium_large size-medium_large" alt="" loading="lazy" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 29vw, (min-width: 640px) 45vw, 93vw" srcset="https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/11/CR-Sensemaker-ghosts-cover-image-optimize-768x512.gif 768w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/11/CR-Sensemaker-ghosts-cover-image-optimize-300x200.gif 300w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/11/CR-Sensemaker-ghosts-cover-image-optimize-1024x683.gif 1024w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/11/CR-Sensemaker-ghosts-cover-image-optimize-475x317.gif 475w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/11/CR-Sensemaker-ghosts-cover-image-optimize-700x467.gif 700w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/11/CR-Sensemaker-ghosts-cover-image-optimize-780x520.gif 780w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/11/CR-Sensemaker-ghosts-cover-image-optimize-1040x693.gif 1040w" /> </figure> <div class="pp-post-grid__content" > <h3 class="pp-post-grid__title" >Disapeering act: some peers hide foreign earnings by going on leave</h3> <div class="pp-post-grid__summary" ><p>Others say this is a loophole that needs closing</p> </div> </div> </a> </article> <article class="pp-post-grid__item pp-post-grid__item--post pp-post-grid__item--source-selected contributor-catherine-neilan type-daily-nibs topic-uk-politics topic-peer-review topic-the-100-year-life" style=""> <a href="https://www.tortoisemedia.com/2024/11/21/lobbyist-had-access-to-parliament-for-18-months-due-to-administrative-error/" aria-label="Read Lobbyist had access to parliament for 18 months due to “administrative error”"> <figure class="pp-post-grid__media" data-image-nozoom> <img width="768" height="512" src="https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/11/CR-2JXX5XB-768x512.jpg" class="attachment-medium_large size-medium_large" alt="" loading="lazy" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 29vw, (min-width: 640px) 45vw, 93vw" srcset="https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/11/CR-2JXX5XB-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/11/CR-2JXX5XB-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/11/CR-2JXX5XB-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/11/CR-2JXX5XB-475x317.jpg 475w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/11/CR-2JXX5XB-700x467.jpg 700w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/11/CR-2JXX5XB-780x520.jpg 780w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/11/CR-2JXX5XB-1040x693.jpg 1040w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/11/CR-2JXX5XB.jpg 1500w" /> </figure> <div class="pp-post-grid__content" > <h3 class="pp-post-grid__title" >Lobbyist had access to parliament for 18 months due to “administrative error”</h3> <div class="pp-post-grid__summary" ><p>A parliamentary pass should have been deactivated, but wasn’t</p> </div> </div> </a> </article> <article class="pp-post-grid__item pp-post-grid__item--post pp-post-grid__item--source-selected contributor-catherine-neilan contributor-joe-white type-daily-nibs topic-uk-politics topic-peer-review topic-the-100-year-life" style=""> <a href="https://www.tortoisemedia.com/2024/11/20/lording-it-some-peers-claim-400000-for-little-discernible-work/" aria-label="Read Lording it: some peers claim £400,000 for little discernible work"> <figure class="pp-post-grid__media" data-image-nozoom> <img width="768" height="512" src="https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/11/CR-49985041732_dc0fa64b37_o-768x512.jpg" class="attachment-medium_large size-medium_large" alt="" loading="lazy" 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class="pp-post-grid__content" > <h3 class="pp-post-grid__title" >Lording it: some peers claim £400,000 for little discernible work</h3> <div class="pp-post-grid__summary" ><p>Some peers do more for their per diems than others</p> </div> </div> </a> </article> </section> <section class="pp-post-grid pp-post-grid--grid columns-3 align " style=""> <article class="pp-post-grid__item pp-post-grid__item--post pp-post-grid__item--source-selected contributor-catherine-neilan contributor-serena-cesareo type-daily-nibs topic-uk-politics topic-peer-review topic-the-100-year-life" style=""> <a href="https://www.tortoisemedia.com/2024/11/22/apeering-interested-some-peers-only-take-part-in-debates-when-they-have-a-declarable-interest/" aria-label="Read Apeering interested: some peers only take part in debates when they have a declarable interest"> <div class="pp-post-grid__content" > <h3 class="pp-post-grid__title" >Apeering interested: some peers only take part in debates when they have a declarable interest</h3> <p class="pp-post-grid__author" >Catherine Neilan, Serena Cesareo</p> </div> </a> </article> <article class="pp-post-grid__item pp-post-grid__item--post pp-post-grid__item--source-selected contributor-serena-cesareo type-daily-nibs topic-uk-politics topic-peer-review topic-our-planet" style=""> <a href="https://www.tortoisemedia.com/2024/11/22/peers-speak-on-net-zero-policies-without-declaring-fossil-fuel-shareholdings/" aria-label="Read Peers speak on net zero policies without declaring fossil fuel shareholdings"> <div class="pp-post-grid__content" > <h3 class="pp-post-grid__title" >Peers speak on net zero policies without declaring fossil fuel shareholdings</h3> <p class="pp-post-grid__author" >Serena Cesareo</p> </div> </a> </article> <article class="pp-post-grid__item pp-post-grid__item--post pp-post-grid__item--source-selected contributor-catherine-neilan contributor-joe-white type-daily-nibs topic-uk-politics topic-peer-review topic-the-100-year-life" style=""> <a href="https://www.tortoisemedia.com/2024/11/20/house-of-lords-peers-claim-5-4-million-in-travel-expenses/" aria-label="Read House of Lords: peers claim £5.4 million in travel expenses"> <div class="pp-post-grid__content" > <h3 class="pp-post-grid__title" >House of Lords: peers claim £5.4 million in travel expenses</h3> <p class="pp-post-grid__author" >Catherine Neilan, Joe White</p> </div> </a> </article> </section> <div style="height:24px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <hr style="height:4px;border-width:0;color:gray;background-color:#333333"> <h2><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-shadow-color">How we got here</mark></h2> <div class="wp-container-8 wp-block-columns is-style-borders"> <div class="wp-container-6 wp-block-column"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large" data-image-nozoom="true"><a href="https://www.tortoisemedia.com/2024/11/20/peer-review-methodology/"><img loading="lazy" width="1024" 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class="wp-block-image size-large" data-image-nozoom="true"><a href="https://www.tortoisemedia.com/2024/11/20/peer-review-behind-the-scenes/"><img loading="lazy" width="1024" height="683" src="https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/11/behind-the-scenes-v2-1024x683.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-387088" srcset="https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/11/behind-the-scenes-v2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/11/behind-the-scenes-v2-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/11/behind-the-scenes-v2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/11/behind-the-scenes-v2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/11/behind-the-scenes-v2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/11/behind-the-scenes-v2-475x317.jpg 475w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/11/behind-the-scenes-v2-700x467.jpg 700w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/11/behind-the-scenes-v2-780x520.jpg 780w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/11/behind-the-scenes-v2-1040x693.jpg 1040w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> <h2><a href="https://www.tortoisemedia.com/2024/11/20/peer-review-behind-the-scenes/"><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-shadow-color">Peer Review: behind the scenes</mark></a></h2> <p class="has-small-font-size"><a href="https://www.tortoisemedia.com/2024/11/20/peer-review-behind-the-scenes/"><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-shadow-color">How do you visualise an unfamiliar part of the British political process?</mark></a></p> </div> </div> <hr style="height:4px;border-width:0;color:gray;background-color:#333333"> <h2><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-shadow-color">More from Tortoise</mark></h2> <section class="pp-post-grid pp-post-grid--grid columns-4 align " style=""> <article class="pp-post-grid__item pp-post-grid__item--audio pp-post-grid__item--source-selected contributor-matt-russell contributor-catherine-neilan type-slow-newscast topic-culture topic-true-politics topic-the-state-of-britain" style=""> <a href="https://www.tortoisemedia.com/audio/the-dishonours-list/" aria-label="Read The Dishonours List"> <figure class="pp-post-grid__media" data-image-nozoom> <img width="768" height="768" src="https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/06/230605-The-Dishonours-List-podcast-tile-1-768x768.jpg" class="attachment-medium_large size-medium_large" alt="" loading="lazy" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 21vw, (min-width: 640px) 45vw, 93vw" 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https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/06/230605-The-Dishonours-List-podcast-tile-1-210x210.jpg 210w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/06/230605-The-Dishonours-List-podcast-tile-1-546x546.jpg 546w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/06/230605-The-Dishonours-List-podcast-tile-1-1040x1040.jpg 1040w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/06/230605-The-Dishonours-List-podcast-tile-1.jpg 1563w" /> </figure> <div class="pp-post-grid__content" > <h3 class="pp-post-grid__title" >The Dishonours List</h3> <div class="pp-post-grid__summary" ><p>Boris Johnson is not a man who has much care for institutions or conventions. So what does his forthcoming resignations honours list mean for the future of the House of Lords?</p> </div> </div> </a> </article> <article class="pp-post-grid__item pp-post-grid__item--audio pp-post-grid__item--source-selected contributor-catherine-neilan type-sensemaker-audio topic-uk-politics" style=""> <a href="https://www.tortoisemedia.com/audio/rwanda-policy-what-difference-will-it-make/" aria-label="Read Rwanda policy: what difference will it make?"> <figure class="pp-post-grid__media" data-image-nozoom> <img width="768" height="768" src="https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/04/SQ-Acast-GettyImages-2147703082-768x768.jpg" class="attachment-medium_large size-medium_large" alt="" loading="lazy" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 21vw, (min-width: 640px) 45vw, 93vw" srcset="https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/04/SQ-Acast-GettyImages-2147703082-768x768.jpg 768w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/04/SQ-Acast-GettyImages-2147703082-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/04/SQ-Acast-GettyImages-2147703082-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/04/SQ-Acast-GettyImages-2147703082-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/04/SQ-Acast-GettyImages-2147703082-475x475.jpg 475w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/04/SQ-Acast-GettyImages-2147703082-700x700.jpg 700w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/04/SQ-Acast-GettyImages-2147703082-210x210.jpg 210w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/04/SQ-Acast-GettyImages-2147703082-546x546.jpg 546w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/04/SQ-Acast-GettyImages-2147703082-1040x1040.jpg 1040w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/04/SQ-Acast-GettyImages-2147703082.jpg 1080w" /> </figure> <div class="pp-post-grid__content" > <h3 class="pp-post-grid__title" >Rwanda policy: what difference will it make?</h3> <div class="pp-post-grid__summary" ><p>Rishi Sunak has finally passed his Rwanda bill after the House of Lords dropped its opposition. But is it a distraction from the bigger issues Britain faces?</p> </div> </div> </a> </article> <article class="pp-post-grid__item pp-post-grid__item--audio pp-post-grid__item--source-selected contributor-paul-caruana-galizia contributor-karla-patella contributor-gemma-newby type-slow-newscast file-lord-of-siberia topic-londongrad timeline_tag-tortoise_playlist timeline_tag-tortoise_stories topic-capital timeline_tag-qarchive_2022_q1" style=""> <a href="https://www.tortoisemedia.com/audio/lord-of-siberia/" aria-label="Read Lebedev: Lord of Siberia"> <figure class="pp-post-grid__media" data-image-nozoom> <img width="768" height="768" src="https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/02/Lebedev-podcast-JH-768x768.jpg" class="attachment-medium_large size-medium_large" alt="" loading="lazy" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 21vw, (min-width: 640px) 45vw, 93vw" srcset="https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/02/Lebedev-podcast-JH-768x768.jpg 768w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/02/Lebedev-podcast-JH-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/02/Lebedev-podcast-JH-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/02/Lebedev-podcast-JH-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/02/Lebedev-podcast-JH-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/02/Lebedev-podcast-JH-475x475.jpg 475w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/02/Lebedev-podcast-JH-700x700.jpg 700w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/02/Lebedev-podcast-JH-210x210.jpg 210w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/02/Lebedev-podcast-JH-546x546.jpg 546w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/02/Lebedev-podcast-JH-1040x1040.jpg 1040w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/02/Lebedev-podcast-JH.jpg 1563w" /> </figure> <div class="pp-post-grid__content" > <h3 class="pp-post-grid__title" >Lebedev: Lord of Siberia</h3> <div class="pp-post-grid__summary" ><p>Door after door in Britain has been opened for Evgeny Lebedev, all the way to the House of Lords. Who has opened them, and why?</p> </div> </div> </a> </article> <article class="pp-post-grid__item pp-post-grid__item--audio pp-post-grid__item--source-selected contributor-paul-caruana-galizia contributor-matt-russell type-slow-newscast timeline_tag-listen timeline_tag-qarchive_2022_q3 topic-culture topic-true-politics" style=""> <a href="https://www.tortoisemedia.com/audio/thank-the-lord/" aria-label="Read Thank the Lord"> <figure class="pp-post-grid__media" data-image-nozoom> <img width="768" height="768" src="https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/08/Cruddas-podcast-768x768.jpg" class="attachment-medium_large size-medium_large" alt="" loading="lazy" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 21vw, (min-width: 640px) 45vw, 93vw" srcset="https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/08/Cruddas-podcast-768x768.jpg 768w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/08/Cruddas-podcast-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/08/Cruddas-podcast-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/08/Cruddas-podcast-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/08/Cruddas-podcast-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/08/Cruddas-podcast-475x475.jpg 475w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/08/Cruddas-podcast-700x700.jpg 700w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/08/Cruddas-podcast-210x210.jpg 210w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/08/Cruddas-podcast-546x546.jpg 546w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/08/Cruddas-podcast-1040x1040.jpg 1040w, https://www.tortoisemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/08/Cruddas-podcast.jpg 1563w" /> </figure> <div class="pp-post-grid__content" > <h3 class="pp-post-grid__title" >Thank the Lord</h3> <div class="pp-post-grid__summary" ><p>Peter Cruddas is a self-made billionaire, a Conservative party donor and now, a Lord. 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