A former ethics adviser to Boris Johnson broke the rules in the House of Lords by "assisting an outside organisation in influencing" government officials at the Ministry of Defence, a watchdog has ruled. A report from the Lords Commissioner for Standards said Lord Geidt - who advised the former prime minister between April 2021 until he quit in June 2022 - gave introductory remarks at a meeting in May 2021 between the officials and Theia Group Inc, which employed him as an adviser. Politics live: New figures spell trouble for Sunak pledge Despite claims from the peer that his only...