Boris Johnson is earning £21,000 an hour as earnings from a second job are revealed

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Boris Johnson earns an astounding £21,000 an hour working in the speaking circuit and other lucrative gigs outside of politics, he said. -he emerged.

The former Prime Minister has now earned an estimated £4.7million over the past year - mostly from huge fees charged for speaking at events overseas after being kicked out of Downing Street.

His successor Liz Truss, at No 10 for just six weeks, has the highest hourly rate of any current MP - earning £15,000 per hour.

Like Mr Johnson, she also enjoys huge payouts for speaking abroad on world affairs, pocketing £80,000 for a recent speech in Taiwan about the threat posed by China.

As well as earning an estimated £4.2m from speaking engagements over the past year, Mr Johnson has struck a £510,000 deal with HarperCollins in January to write a memoir 'like no other'.

Although he has not enjoyed his £86,000 salary since leaving his seat at Uxbridge, furious at the parliamentary sanction of the Partygate, Mr Johnson would have scored a 'very high six-figure'. sum" to write his new weekly column for The Mail.

As well as earning between £200,000 and £275,000 from a series of speeches in the US, India and Singapore, Mr Johnson has benefited from significant donations since leaving Number 10, including a £1m donation from Thailand-based Brexiteer Christopher Harborne.

Ms Truss also received significant donations over the past year, mainly for its summer leadership campaign, including £100,000 from interior designer Natasha Barnaba and a further £100,000 from Fitriani Hay, the wife of the former BP executive James Hay.

Having signed with Chartwell Speakers after her brief stint at No 10, Ms Truss received £80,000 from the Prospect Foundation for her speech in Taiwan.

She also received £32,000 for a speech to a newspaper in Switzerland, £65,000 for a speech to a media company in India and £6,000 for a speech at the University of Tokyo.

Ex-PM Boris Johnson and Liz Truss earn the most per hour

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