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| November 2023 | Gave a speech in the House of Lords warning against the erosion of free speech. |
| March 29 2022 | A motion passed in the House of Commons requiring the government to reveal security advice about his peerage. |
| May 12 2021 | Made his maiden speech in the House of Lords during the debate on the Queen's Speech after the 2021 State Opening of Parliament. |
| December 2020 | Concluded the 'Food for London Now' appeal in partnership with The Felix Project, which raised over £10 million and delivered 20 million meals to vulnerable people, frontline charities, and NHS hospitals during the coronavirus lockdown. |
| December 17 2020 | Introduced to the House of Lords, supported by Lord Bird and Lord Clarke of Nottingham. |
| November 19 2020 | Created Baron Lebedev, of Hampton in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and of Siberia in the Russian Federation. |
| July 2020 | Nominated for a life peerage by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, recognizing his philanthropy and services to media. |
| 2019 | Announced a multi-year campaign to tackle homelessness in London and globally through his newspapers. |
| 2019 | Sold a 30% stake in the publications to a private Saudi investor, which prompted a public interest investigation by the UK's Culture Secretary and subsequent review by the Competition and Markets Authority. |
| 2018 | Launched #AIDSFree, a cross-title campaign between The Independent and Evening Standard to raise money for the Elton John AIDS Foundation. |
| February 2016 | Announced the sale of Independent Press Ltd to Johnston Press, with The Independent becoming a digital-only publication from March 2016. |
| 2012 | Purchased the hotel Château Gütsch in Lucerne, Switzerland, and commissioned Martyn Lawrence Bullard to renovate it before later selling it to Kirill Androsov. |
| 2011 | Launched The Journalism Foundation to promote free and independent journalism worldwide, though the foundation was closed down after a year. |
| 2010 | Launched the Dispossessed Fund to address poverty in London, which has since raised over £13 million. |
| October 26 2010 | Launched the i newspaper, the first national daily newspaper in the UK since The Independent in 1986. |
| March 25 2010 | Lebedev bought The Independent and The Independent on Sunday, just weeks before the newspapers were due to close. |
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