Thursday 23 June 2022 03:11 PM Martin Lewis says he was turned down for a seat in the House of Lords trends now
Martin Lewis has revealed how he was recently turned down for a seat in the House of Lords because he was 'honest' in an interview for a peerage.
The 50-year-old, the founder of the Money Saving Expert website, spoke of how his bid to become a crossbench peer was rejected 'a couple of weeks ago' by an appointments panel.
The consumer champion blamed his rejection on him being 'open and transparent' about how much time he would be able to devote to being in Parliament.
Mr Lewis described how, with a nine-year-old daughter, he would struggle with the mid-week evening sittings of the Lords.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Political Thinking with Nick Robinson programme, Mr Lewis said it was the second time he had been rejected for a seat in the Lords as an independent peer.
Martin Lewis described how, with a nine-year-old daughter, he would struggle with the mid-week evening sittings of the House of Lords
The founder of the Money Saving Expert website spoke of how his bid to become a crossbench peer was rejected 'a couple of weeks ago'
'I just got turned down again a couple of weeks ago, actually,' he said, as he revealed the decision by the House of Lords Appointments Commission to again deny him a peerage.
'I was much more annoyed the last time. I did this really silly thing.
'I was honest in the interview. I had an interview and they talked about timings and I said - I always want to be open and transparent... most of the time that the Lords sits is about 3pm to 10pm on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.
'I said to them 'look, I
