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Exclusive: Moonlighting MPs raked in £9.6m from second jobs in a year

MPs’ earnings outside the Commons have doubled year-on-year as Labour unveils plans to clamp down on side hustles

Exclusive: Moonlighting MPs raked in £9.6m from second jobs in a year
Matt Hancock as health secretary in 2019 | Allstar Picture Library Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo
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Moonlighting MPs pocketed £9.6m by working second jobs in just over a year, new analysis by openDemocracy has found.

It comes as Labour unveils plans to clamp down on what MPs can earn outside the Commons – part of a constitutional review by former PM Gordon Brown that was commissioned by Keir Starmer.

Former health secretary Matt Hancock most recently faced criticism over the reported £400,000 fee he is due for appearing on ‘I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!’, in which he finished third last month.