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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Mark Oliver

'Wit' boosts the Hague funds

The release of figures showing MPs' earnings from second jobs reveal that the highest earner is William Hague, the shadow foreign secretary, who pocketed £790,000 "thanks to his reputation as a witty speaker", the Mirror reports.

The Mirror's report is rather wittily headlined: "Let me sell you a Tory."

Boris Johnson was also a top earner, pocketing £540,000. The Guardian's headline says: "Revealed: the brains beneath Boris's hair".

The paper calculates David Blunkett is second in the list of earners, netting £585,000. Mr Johnson is third, while Ann Widdecombe comes in fourth, after pulling in £310,000 from her writings and TV appearances.

· This is an extract from the Wrap, Guardian Unlimited's emailed digest of the best of the daily papers. To sample a copy, click here.

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