Westminster Accounts: This is how much MPs earn per hour in their second jobs

MPs who have second jobs earn 17 times the national average hourly wage, and over 22 times the minimum hourly wage, Sky News can reveal. The highest hourly rate for a current MP goes to Liz Truss, who got £15,770 per hour. Truss’s most lucrative work since leaving No10 has been a speech in Taiwan. She was paid at a rate of £20,000 per hour, nearly one and a half thousand times the UK average hourly wage, for her insights into global diplomacy. The Westminster Accounts project produced in association with media company Tortoise has analysed the data MPs provide about the hours they work on second jobs. Read more on the story here: https://news.sky.com/story/westminster-accounts-search-for-your-mp-or-enter-your-full-postcode-12771627 #westminsteraccounts #skynews #mps SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https://podfollow.com/skynewsdaily/ Sky News videos are now available in Spanish here/Los video de Sky News están disponibles en español aquí: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzG5BnqHO8oNlrPDW9CYJog To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales