Tory supporting Daily Mail pay Rochdale's Labour MP £1,000 per hour

Rochdale MP Simon Danczuk has received another £14,000 for articles he "contributed" just fourteen hours of his time too - £1,000 an hour. The £14,000 received in August by the Labour MP was from DMGT PLC, publisher of Tory supporting newspaper, The Daily Mail.

This follows the revelation last month that Mr Danczuk had been paid £10,000 for an article he "contributed" just five hours of his time too - £2,000 an hour. That payment was received by the Labour MP from the Murdoch owned News Group Newspapers, publisher of another Tory supporting newspaper, The Sun.

http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/news-features/2/news-headlines/97606/labour-mp-simon-danczuk-paid-%C2%A32000-an-hour-by-tory-press

The figures were revealed in the Register of Members’ Interests:

Payments received from DMGT PLC, Registered Office: Northcliffe House, 2 Derry St, Kensington, London, W8 5TT:

• 4 August 2015, received £7,000 for contributing to articles. Hours: 7 hrs approx. (Registered 03 September 2015)
• 12 August 2015, received £7,000 for contributing to articles. Hours: 7 hrs approx. (Registered 03 September 2015)

 

Mr Danczuk also received a further payment from DMGT PLC for the publication of excerpts from a book he co-wrote, Smile For The Camera: The Double Life of Cyril Smith:

 

• 14 July 2015, received £1,476 for the publication of excerpts from a book I co-wrote. Hours: approx. 5 additional hrs. (Registered 03 September 2015)

So far in 2015, Mr Danczuk has declared earnings of £33,435 from outside interests in addition to his MP salary of £74,000.

Mr Danczuk's expenses claim for the financial year 2014/15 have not yet been published - in 2013/14 he claimed a total of £206,908.92.