WestminsterAccounts: MPs have earned £17.1m on top of their salaries in this parliament, with around two-thirds of the money going to just 20 MPs
when the former attorney general was found to have earned over £800,000 from the law firm Withers for his work on an inquiry into corruption in the British Virgin Islands.In a statement, Sir Geoffrey said:"A barrister retained to advise in a case is no more to be personally identified with the purposes and views of his client than a plumber with the views of his customer or a doctor with those of his patient.
The third spot in the list of parliament's biggest earners is taken by another former prime minister, Boris Johnson.declaring more than a million pounds in earningsAlmost all of his declared earnings since the last election came from just four speeches in October and November last, one of which in New York was paid at a rate of around £32,500 per hour.
Fellow Conservative Sir John Redwood came in fifth, earning £692,438 with the majority coming from his"global strategist" role at investment firm Charles Stanley. Conservative MP Sir Bill Wiggin has made over £250,000 as an asset manager - running four funds, all based in the tax havens of the Caymans and the island of Bermuda, while ex-transport secretary Chris Grayling, known for, is now making £100,000 a year advising a ports and shipping business.
However, Mr Lammy has in the past made an impassioned defence of his work on his radio show, saying:"Why am I here? Why am I pleased to be here? One because I am the only black presenter on LBC. It's important for my constituents - I love the fact they approach me and can hear me putting views that they agree with out there into the public."
He earns £5,000 a month as a political consultant for Herbert Smith Freehills and £37,984 as an asset manager for solar projects.
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