Nigel Farage appears to have become the top-earning British MP, according to new financial disclosures and media reports.
In the first register of financial interests for the newly elected British parliament, the Reform UK leader disclosed annual earnings of well over £1 million.
Most of Farage’s income comes from being a presenter on right-wing TV network GB News, which brings in close to £100,000 a month for working 32 hours, according to the filing.
He also received £16,597.22 from Cameo, an online platform allowing users to purchase personalized video messages from celebrities. He spent an estimated 24 hours every month recording these videos, according to the filing.
In addition, Farage was paid £4,000 a month writing commentary for the Daily Telegraph newspaper, which takes up another 16 hours, the filing showed. Other engagements including speaking opportunities and social media revenue amounted to more than £13,000 with an estimated 64 hours of work.
All these sources of income would be on top of his salary as an MP, which amounts to £91,346 plus expenses for his office and staff, as well as housing costs either in his constituency or in London, according to the BBC.
With all his outside business — which occupied more than 130 hours of his time every month, or about 30 a week — Farage might struggle to fit his latest gig as elected MP for Clacton, in Essex, in his agenda.
The politician also declared a few trips funded by private donors, including travel to the U.S. last month after former U.S. President and current Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt. The trip cost £32,836 including flights and accommodation and was paid for by tech entrepreneur Christopher Harborne. Harborne has donated money to Boris Johnson and Farage’s Brexit Party, now rebranded as Reform UK.
In the financial declaration, Farage explained the purpose of the U.S. trip was to “support a friend who was almost killed and to represent Clacton on the world stage.”
Nigel Farage, million-pound man
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