MPs earn £17.1m on top of £84,000 salary

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MPs earn £17.1m on top of £84,000 salary
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MPs have taken home more than £17 million since the last election - including £15 million by Tory parliamentarians alone.

Two-thirds of the hefty sum went to just twenty MPs, according to Sky News and Tortoise's Westminster Accounts project.Ex-PM Theresa May topped the list, earning £2,550,876 since December 2019.And Labour's David Lammy earned £202,599, more than any other member of his party.Struggling NHS trusts urge patients to use "quick and easy" private hospitals amid record wait timesBoris Johnson earns more in speaking fees in one hour than the nurse's average annual salary.

"Therefore, there is no conflict of interest between my work as a barrister and my role as a member of parliament. "On the other hand, I frequently put my experience and understanding of the law at the service of my constituents in helping them to resolve their individual problems in my regular advice surgeries."

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