Tory whips allow MPs to abstain in vote on publication in U-turn after rebels threaten to back Labour motion

No 10 looks set to be forced to release the security advice relating to Boris Johnson’s decision to give a peerage to Evgeny Lebedev after Tory rebels threatened to support a Labour motion calling for it to be published.

Amid evidence the intelligence services had concerns about the peerage, Labour is using a humble address in the House of Commons to force the disclosure of the documents.

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