Britain's highest paid MP got a temp in to cover "increased workload" in his office - while he was raking in £740 an hour as a barrister.
Former minister Sir Geoffrey Cox works up to 45 hours a month for law firm Withers LLP - pocketing £400,000 on top of his £84,000 salary as an MP.
But newly disclosed figures reveal the Tory Brexiteer, famed for his booming voice, billed taxpayers for a temporary case worker - on top of his six regular staff members - in March and April this year to cover "increased workload".