MPs’ income from outside politics: a timeline of the furore
by Sophie Zeldin-O'Neill from World news | The Guardian on (#6DKMJ)
Almost 18 months after promises of a crackdown on second jobs, MPs' income from outside work has continued to rise
- MPs paid 10m for second jobs and freelance work over past year
- Analysis: Bumper income shows little has changed
Almost 18 months after the furore of the Owen Paterson scandal led to promises of a crackdown on MPs having second jobs, their income from work outside parliament has continued to rise, Guardian analysis has found.
The analysis looked at all MPs who had made more than 1,000 in the past year, excluding income from completing surveys, and found that they had collectively made 10m in this period, driven largely by a figure close to 5m made by the former prime minister Boris Johnson in his final months as an MP.
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