Half of Tory ex-ministers take jobs in sectors relevant to former department
by Rowena Mason and Heather Stewart from World news | The Guardian on (#5RXPQ)
More than 50 ministers under Johnson and May took posts with firms in sectors they covered in government
Half of all ministers who have left office in the Boris Johnson or Theresa May governments later took up posts with companies relevant to their former government jobs, the Guardian has found.
An analysis of those who left departmental ministerial roles up until the most recent reshuffle found more than 50 took up employment as advisers in industries where they had government expertise or as more general political consultants.
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