August 19, 2024
2 mins read

Farage denies getting £98,000 monthly salary from GB News

Farage told the BBC he gets a varying amount from GB News as a contractor and does not get a fixed monthly sum. The Clacton MP is back on the channel after cancelling his show during the general election….reports Asian Lite News

Nigel Farage has denied being paid nearly £98,000 a month for appearing on GB News. The Reform UK leader was responding to reports about his secondary income.

The register of members’ financial interests, published on Friday, listed Mr Farage as receiving £97,928 per month from the channel. However, writing on X, he said: “To be clear… the GB News sum paid to me and declared includes VAT, and was for several months of work. It was paid to my company, which has significant expenses.”

Farage told the BBC he gets a varying amount from GB News as a contractor and does not get a fixed monthly sum. The Clacton MP is back on the channel after cancelling his show during the general election.

Farage also declared on the MPs’ register £4,000 per month from The Daily Telegraph and a £16,597 payment for recording private video messages on the Cameo app. The app allows people to pay celebrities for things such as bespoke birthday greetings.

MPs already get paid £91,000 per year plus expenses.

His entry also recorded a donation of £32,836 from businessman Christopher Harborne to pay for a visit to the US following the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.

The Reform UK leader stated the purpose of the visit was to “support a friend who was almost killed and to represent Clacton on the world stage”.

Farage, 60, became an MP at the eighth attempt when he won the Essex constituency with a majority of more than 8,000.

Other notable entries on the MPs’ register include Lee Anderson, another Reform MP, declaring £100,000 a year for also working on GB News. Foreign Secretary David Lammy was paid £49,245 by radio station LBC from August 2023 to May 2024, but he quit the role before the election was called.

Rishi Sunak – who along with his wife is a multimillionaire – recorded five helicopter trips worth over £47,000 paid for by donors. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Starmer received tickets for 12 football games and tickets to a Taylor Swift concert in June.

ALSO READ:  India’s Port Diplomacy To Stem Chinese Plots

Previous Story

Nearly 500 migrants crossed Channel on Saturday

Next Story

Test Cricket Turns 150

Latest from POLITICS

Starmer Condemns Antisemitism at Auschwitz

The Prime Minister’s visit comes just over a week before the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, which was the largest Nazi concentration camp. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer reaffirmed his

STARMER’S LABOUR PAINS 

UKDespite Labour’s commitment to ethical governance, the Siddiq episode reveals gaps in its approach to managing perceived conflicts of interest  The Labour government has faced its second high-profile resignation after Tulip Siddiq,
Go toTop

Don't Miss

IOD Signs MoU With UKABC  

This MoU with IOD India represents an important step forward

Top bosses join forces to get thousands of offenders into work

The new regional Employment Councils will expand this model out