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Gordon Brown earns £1.4m for charity since leaving Number 10

by liamssoft | February 17, 2012 at 08:29 am

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Gordon Brown has earned more than £1.4m since he stood down as prime minister, including fees and expenses.

The ex-Prime Minister's spokeswoman said that "not a single penny" of the money went to Mr Brown personally.

It was all donated either directly to charity or to help the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown fund charity work.

Mr Brown's most lucrative speech, in Nigeria, earned £74,936, and he got more than £180,000 in fees and expenses for work at New York University.

Mr Brown left Number 10 after the May 2010 general election but remains the MP for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath.

His predecessor in Downing Street, Tony Blair, reportedly earns some £12 million a year on the lecture circuit and from other posts, and recently donated £4 Million from the profits from his memoirs to a sports centre for injured soldiers.

The latest figures for Mr Brown are contained in an updated entry in the House of Commons register of members' interests.

"A list of some of the many charitable projects Sarah and Gordon support including PiggyBankKids is contained on their website.

"Indeed Mr Brown's sole personal earnings are his salary as an MP because he has also renounced the prime ministerial pension he was entitled to receive immediately he retired as PM."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17072715

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YankeeJim

at 09:42 on February 17th, 2012

Just as in the USA, the revolving door pays dividends.

"thirty-aught-six" (not verified)

at 11:29 on February 17th, 2012

Where is the article stating anyone was forced into paying the fees? Isn't attendance voluntary? Are we blaming those who support these ex-politicians by asking for their public appearances, or are we blaming the ex-politician for making the appearances? Are You people implying that these people are doing something against you, profiting at your expense? What's the deal? Why the obsession with these ex-politician, now private citizens incomes? Help me understand.

liamssoft

at 11:52 on February 17th, 2012

Gordon Brown is to be commended for donating all of his speech earnings to charity.

"thirty-aught-six" (not verified)

at 08:59 on February 18th, 2012

And if he wasn't donating all of his speech earnings to charity? What then?

liamssoft

at 13:03 on February 18th, 2012

What he does with his money is up to him

"thirty-aught-six" (not verified)

at 14:09 on February 18th, 2012

I thought perhaps he might no longer be a commendable person if he had not given his speech making income to his charity fund.

Dogger (not verified)

at 23:30 on February 20th, 2012

He would have been like the rest of the millionaire MP's, greedy self centered and lacking in empathy, as we can see in the present prime minister David Cameron. Only in it for themselves.

knups (not verified)

at 06:00 on February 20th, 2012

I would like to see Gordon Brown work much harder and reach the type of £12 million earnings pa of Tony Blair as the charities in the UK need the money after the government cuts

noremac divad (not verified)

at 23:06 on February 20th, 2012

Most of us just dream of being a millionaire whilst were slaving away trying to pay our bills. Many do the lottery trying to flee this retched life of working for little or no pay. Oh Gordon, Tony and David you just don't realize just how lucky you are!!!!