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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

Boris Johnson makes £1m from speeches after leaving Downing Street

Boris Johnson
Johnson does not appear to have stuck to the rule that he should wait for three months after leaving office before taking up paid employment. Photograph: Sedat Suna/EPA

Boris Johnson made more than £1m from four speaking engagements in just two months after leaving No 10, travelling across the globe to give paid speeches while still sitting as an MP.

The former prime minister also accepted more than £40,000 in free accommodation from Tory donor Lord Bamford and his wife after moving out of Downing Street and Chequers in September, according to an update to the register of members’ financial interests.

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