Tory MP ‘lands £800-an-HOUR second job as an adviser at firm he heaped praise on when working as transport minister’

‘A Tory MP has landed an £800-an-hour job at the same firm he had lavished praise on while working a transport minister, according to a Labour MP.

Stephen Hammond took the role with Inmarsat, which makes communications systems for aviation and shipping, just months after he was sacked as Secretary of State for Transport.

Former City banker Hammond had said he was ‘hugely impressed’ by the company during his two years as a minister- where he attended official events alongside Inmarsat bosses.’

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