 Liz Truss earned an average of £15,770 an hour working second jobs while still serving as an MP, an investigation has revealed. New analysis by Sky News published on Friday showed MPs are being paid an average of £233 per hour to work second jobs instead of serving their constituents- nearly 17 times the average national wage. The study found that Ms Truss, who became Britain's shortest-serving prime minister when she resigned after just 49 days, has since become Westminster's highest hourly earner- most of which came from giving a single speech in Taiwan which earned her more than £90,000. Even higher than Ms Truss is her predecessor as PM Boris Johnson, who resigned as an MP in disgrace last month and earned over £6.4 million while in parliament, averaging an hourly rate of £21,822. Boris Johnson earned even more before he resigned as an MP last month, earning over £6.4 million while in parliment (Picture: Getty) Of the 10 MPs with the highest hourly rate, nine are Conservatives and one, Ian Blackford, is an SNP politician. Also high up the list is Labour leader Keir Starmer, who despite calling for a ban on MPs holding second jobs has received over £800,000 in extra-parliamentary income since joining parliament in 2015, averaging an hourly rate of around £360. The Westminster Accounts project, produced in collaboration between Sky News and Tortoise Media, has examined the data that MPs provide on the amount of time they have worked on second jobs in this parliament. The MP registering the most hours in the private sector is former attorney general and MP for West Devon Sir Geoffrey Cox, who put the tally at 2,565. Dr Dan Poulter, a Conservative MP and NHS hospital doctor, has worked the most hours in a non-political job since the 2019 election. He has worked 3,508 hours in mental health services. Sinn Fein MP John Finucane, who runs a toner company, is the){kind=link}
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Liz Truss earned an average of £15,770 an hour working second jobs while still serving as an MP, an investigation has revealed.
New analysis by Sky News published on Friday showed MPs are being paid an average of £233 per hour to work second jobs instead of serving their constituents- nearly 17 times the average national wage.
The study found that Ms Truss, who became Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister when she resigned after just 49 days, has since become Westminster’s highest hourly earner- most of which came from giving a single speech in Taiwan which earned her more than £90,000.
Even higher than Ms Truss is her predecessor as PM Boris Johnson, who resigned as an MP in disgrace last month and earned over £6.4 million while in parliament, averaging an hourly rate of £21,822.