Campaigners have said that it is “ridiculous” and “gross neglect” for Nadine Dorries to earn nearly £145,000 despite not speaking in Parliament for a year, writes HenryRiley1
Rishi Sunak faces another byelection as ex-minister Chris Pincher set for eight week suspension over groping claimsBut that figure is expected to rise further, as the Mid Bedfordshire MP has not so-far declared any earnings from her work as a presenter at TalkTV and a weekly columnist at the Daily Mail.
Mr MacKey went onto say that her salary as an MP would be better spent on “local services” and called for her to resign “immediately”. That situation was described as “very unusual” by Eliot Wilson, a former Clerk of the House of Commons. He said “speaking in the chamber” was the “bread and butter of what MPs can do to advance constituency interests and scrutinise the government”.
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