Should second jobs for MPs be banned? | LBC debate

As it's revealed Nigel Farage earnt £1.2m outside Parliament last year, Matthew Wright asks if it's time to revisit the rules on MPs having second jobs. He hears from businesswoman Gina Miller (02:33), and for the counter-argument, columnist Andrew Lilico (05:24).

The Reform UK leader’s presenting role on the GB News earned him £97,900 a month, which is more than an MP's annual salary of £91,346, plus expenses.

Farage won a parliamentary seat for the first time after his victory in Clacton in July’s General Election as he led Reform to four seats overall.

During the general election, Farage cancelled his show, which aired Monday to Thursday each week, to focus on campaigning, but following his success in Clacton he returned to the channel as a presenter.

Figures relating to MPs' secondary employment, donations, gifts and other benefits, have been revealed in the register of members' financial interests.

The latest sums have shown Farage was also paid £4,000 a month writing articles for the Daily Telegraph.

The former UKIP leader also revealed that he had been given a donation of £32,836 by businessman Christopher Harborne to visit the US less than two weeks after the election in the wake of the attempted assassination of former US president Donald Trump.

Farage had recorded the purpose of this visit as a trip to "support a friend who was almost killed and to represent Clacton on the world stage".

A further £9,250 trip to the National Conservatism Conference in Brussels in April was funded by George Cottrell, an unofficial aide to Farage.

Meanwhile, the MP’s social media earnings were also revealed, showing that he made £1,550 through X, £853 through Meta and £16,597 from Cameo videos.

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