Westminster accounts: 'Legitimate debate' to be had on earnings of MPs

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Former SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford has said being an MP is an "important, full-time job", when asked about Sky News analysis which revealed MPs with second jobs have an average wage of £233 per hour.

Mr Blackford said he thinks there "is a legitimate debate about earnings of MPs" and "it is important that the public can have trust in those that they send to parliament".

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/westminster-accounts-hourly-rate-of-past-pms-revealed-as-well-as-how-much-time-mps-spend-on-their-second-jobs-12920530

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