Many of the newly appointed 'life peers' inserted by Tony Blair to boost Labour's numbers in the House of Lords are failing to turn up and vote for the Government.

A recent survey shows that more than half of the 55 Labour peers appointed by the Prime Minister since the election have missed more than 33% of the votes they really should have attended...

Nice one Tony Boy. Looks like your favours haven't bought you the votes you and your sleazey Nu-Labour expected..