The Tory ex-minister Boris Johnson wanted to put in charge of rewriting MPs second job rules has been given a warning over his outside earnings.
Former Culture Secretary John Whittingdale pocketed up to £1,000-an-hour for providing “advice” to clients of a consultancy firm, according to Parliament records.
He claimed he didn’t have to approach the second jobs watchdog over two payments since November last year - telling the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (Acoba) they were not actually “advice”, but “one-off speeches” to a “small audience on a topic of their choosing”, and not a long-term arrangement.
