Theresa May has earned more than £500,000 for ‘virtual’ speeches during the pandemic – making her the highest-earning MP last year. It takes her earnings from speeches since she was ousted from No 10 in July 2019 to almost £1.9 million. In September she was paid £46,750 for a virtual speech to the Telmex Foundation, a philanthropic body. According to Mail on Sunday columnist Piers Morgan, former US President Donald Trump once said of Theresa May: ‘I’d pay £100,000 not to hear her talk!’. She is paid £85,000 a year from her company for her speaking engagements, which are organised though the Washington Speakers’ Bureau.

Source: Daily Mail July 03, 2021 21:33 UTC