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As ''Private Eye'' magazine noted, this means that the 'super-wealthy' MP will earn more from the Swiss Bank than he does for representing the people of Merseyside'. <ref> ''Private Eye'', No 1344,  HP Sauce column, 12 July-25 July 2013 </ref>
 
As ''Private Eye'' magazine noted, this means that the 'super-wealthy' MP will earn more from the Swiss Bank than he does for representing the people of Merseyside'. <ref> ''Private Eye'', No 1344,  HP Sauce column, 12 July-25 July 2013 </ref>
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In 2009 the ''Telegraph'' newspaper revealed that Woodward, 'the wealthiest member of the Cabinet', had 'claimed almost £100,000 to help pay the mortgage interest on a £1.35 million flat', one of at least seven properties that he owned. <ref>Gordon Rayner, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5292955/MPs-expenses-Shaun-Woodward-millionaire-minister-received-100000-to-help-pay-mortgage.html MPs' expenses: Shaun Woodward, millionaire minister, received £100,000 to help pay mortgage], ''The Telegraph'', 6:00AM BST 08 May 2009
  
 
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==Notes==

Revision as of 09:20, 25 July 2013

Shaun Woodward is the Labour MP for St Helens South and Whiston. He was Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 2007-10 [1]

Woodward defected to Labour from the Conservative Party in 1999.

Advising private Swiss bank

Woodward has a part-time job advising Swiss private bank Reichmouth & Co. He declares in the register of MPs' interests that he expects to be paid '£35,000 a half year' for 10 days work.

As Private Eye magazine noted, this means that the 'super-wealthy' MP will earn more from the Swiss Bank than he does for representing the people of Merseyside'. [2]

MPs expenses

In 2009 the Telegraph newspaper revealed that Woodward, 'the wealthiest member of the Cabinet', had 'claimed almost £100,000 to help pay the mortgage interest on a £1.35 million flat', one of at least seven properties that he owned. <ref>Gordon Rayner, MPs' expenses: Shaun Woodward, millionaire minister, received £100,000 to help pay mortgage, The Telegraph, 6:00AM BST 08 May 2009

Notes

  1. Rt Hon Mr Shaun Woodward, www.parliament.uk, accessed 15 May 2013.
  2. Private Eye, No 1344, HP Sauce column, 12 July-25 July 2013