Liam Fox lobbied PM on behalf of trade group that pays him £1,000 an hour
by Rowena Mason Whitehall editor from World news | The Guardian on (#697YG)
Former trade secretary is chairman of Global Britain Commission and wrote to Rishi Sunak pressing for export tax break
The former cabinet minister Liam Fox has been criticised for lobbying the prime minister on behalf of a business group that pays him 1,000 an hour.
Fox, a former trade secretary, is the chairman and a commissioner" of the Global Britain Commission, whose members include representatives of the banking industry group UK Finance, the private bank Coutts, Heathrow, Virgin Atlantic, Forth Ports and others. It is expected to pay him 6,000 for six hours of work over the past six months.
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