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The multi-millionaire Tory grandee at the centre of the second jobs scandal has disclosed nearly £50,000 in extra earnings for just 34 hours work.
Sir Geoffrey Cox QC sparked fury last year after the Daily Mail revealed the former attorney general had voted in Parliament remotely while doing legal work in the Caribbean.
It earned him £5.5million as a barrister over the past decade, prompting calls for a crackdown on MPs' outside earnings.
It has now emerged that the MP for Torridge and West Devon was paid £47,387 for 34 hours of legal services provided to international law firm Withers LLP in September.
Sir Geoffrey Cox (pictured) has disclosed nearly £50,000 in extra earnings for just 34 hours work
The figures from the updated register of MPs' financial interests show he pocketed £1,393 per hour, compared to the £1,209 per hour he
