For years MPs have faced calls for a ban on second jobs.
But today Sky News can reveal for the first time just how much extra money is still flowing into Westminster – who it goes to and where it comes from.
In a major project with Tortoise Media we compiled a comprehensive database that shows how much MPs really earn, the value of gifts they’re given, and the full scale of donations to individuals and political parties.
The Westminster Accounts draw together information from several public sources and – for the first time – make it all available to the public in one place.
And it shows that since the last election in 2019, MPs earned £17.1m on top of their regular salaries, with around two thirds of the money going to just 20 MPs, including two former prime ministers.
Our deputy political editor Sam Coates has this exclusive report.
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