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Christopher McKeon and Anthony France

‘Hypocrite’ Tory who hit out at MPs needing extra salary gets £100,000 for GB News job

Conservative deputy chairman Lee Anderson has revealed he will be paid £100,000 a year for hosting a show on GB News - less than 18 months after he blasted MPs who need ‘an extra £100,000 a year’ on top of their parliamentary salary.

Anderson’s annual fee, declared in an update to the MPs’ register of interests published on Wednesday, immediately led to charges of “hypocrisy”.

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