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Closed petition Ban MPs from taking a second paid job. They work for us.
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Nearly one in five MPs have regular paid work outside parliament, according to an independent committee report.
In an analysis of MPs’ second jobs by the committee for standards in public life, 119 members were found to have declared total earnings of approximately £279,000 per month.
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