Two deputies besieged negotiating consultancy assignments at the amount of ten thousand pounds per day

An organization has offered two elected governors a bogus consulting assignment for a make-up South Korean company. The exchanges were filmed and broadcast on social media.

Two British Conservative MPs, Matt Hancock and Kwasi Quarting, were caught and photographed in the midst of negotiating assignments of £10,000 a day (about €11,340) to advise a South Korean company. This practice is legal, but it is causing controversy on Sunday in Britain.

Matt Hancock, who was the health secretary during the pandemic, and Kwasi Quarting, the short-lived finance minister in the fall of 2022, were framed by activists from Led By Donkeys, who have gained notoriety for their anti-Brexit campaigns.

In the United Kingdom, it is legal for MPs to have a job in addition to their office, and there are no restrictions on the amount of income they can earn. However, they must declare it in a public record.

A test was conducted with 20 deputies

Led By Donkeys explained in a video on Twitter that it wanted to conduct an “experiment” in the midst of the cost of living crisis.

“At a time when the people need their MPs more than ever, would a Member of Parliament accept a job promoting the interests of a foreign company, and how much would they like to be paid?”

The organization imagined a South Korean company wishing to develop its activities in the UK and contacted twenty deputies. They are expected to attend six advisory board meetings each year. The majority did not respond, but negotiations began on Zoom with Matt Hancock and Kwasi Quarting.

Two elected officials demand ten thousand pounds a day

Matt Hancock asked “Do you have a daily rate?” He replied, “At the moment, yes, it is £10,000.”

Matt Hancock has already been talked about by taking part in the fall in a reality TV show in Australia while he is an MP.

Kwasi Quarting replied that he would not accept less than $10,000 (€9,280) a month, and then finally attempted £10,000 a day, emphasizing that he was not asking for a “fortune”.

In September, Kwasi Kwarting, then Finance Minister, presented a budget that sent financial markets by storm. He was dismissed from the government after a few weeks.

Workers criticize a “problem” in the current rules

Kwasi Kwarteng did not react to the Led By Donkeys video. A spokesperson for Matt Hancock confirmed that he had followed the rules and denounced the “illegal posting of a private conversation”.

Sunday morning asked about sky newsRegional Rebalancing Minister Michael Gove also clarified that “the things suggested are in the rules”.

“What is important is whether the representative lives up to the expectations of his constituents,” he added.

But Labor MP Lucy Powell said, “Being an MP is a full-time job.” “I don’t think anyone can watch this video without feeling disgusted,” she added, noting that there was a “problem” with the existing rules. The Left Party has asserted that it will ban most parallel term posts if elected.

A new code of conduct for MPs was put in place on March 1 that bars elected representatives for the first time from giving parliamentary advice to outside employers in return for financial compensation.