Lastminute.com co-founder made a crossbench peer
The entrepreneur and co-founder of Lastminute.com, Martha Lane Fox, has been made a non-party-political peer by the House of Lords Appointments Commission.
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From @Marthalanefox on Twitter:Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho, as she will be known, has told ITV News the news is "wonderful" and that it is a "privilege" to be appointed.
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