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

Boris Johnson receives £2.5m sum as advance for speeches

Boris Johnson (centre) during Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s speech to parliament
Boris Johnson (centre) during Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s speech to the UK parliament on Wednesday. Photograph: Reuters

Boris Johnson has received £2.5m as an advance for speeches, meaning he has received earnings, hospitality and donations worth more than £5m over the last six months since leaving office.

The former prime minister has undertaken a lucrative tour of the global speaking circuit since exiting No 10, addressing investors in the technology behind cryptocurrency, insurers and investment bankers, as well as taking more than £500,000 as an advance for a memoir. At the same time, he has stayed on in his main job as MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip.

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