Boris Johnson receives £2.5m sum as advance for speeches

Ex-PM has now received earnings, hospitality and donations worth more than 5m since leaving Downing Street

Boris Johnson has received 2.5m as an advance for speeches, meaning he has received earnings, hospitality and donations worth more than 5m over the last six months since leaving office.

The former prime minister has undertaken a lucrative tour of the global speaking circuit since exiting No 10, addressing investors in the technology behind cryptocurrency, insurers and investment bankers, as well as taking more than 500,000 as an advance for a memoir. At the same time, he has stayed on in his main job as MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip.