Two former Tory ministers have been caught in a sting telling a non-existent company their daily rate for consultancy is £10,000 a day. MPs Matt Hancock and Kwasi Kwarteng were caught on video requesting six-figure sums for what they would expect to be paid to advise a fake firm in South Korea.
The sting was set up by campaign group Led By Donkeys, with the clips since shared widely on social media, causing embarrassment for the senior MPs.
During the fake interview, Mr Hancock, asked whether he had a daily rate for his services, said: “I do, yes. It is 10,000 sterling.” The Conservative former health secretary, who was stripped of the party whip by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after he was announced as a contestant in last year’s series of ITV reality programme I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!, later said he had an hourly rate of “around £1,500”.
