Tory MPs Paid £1.7 Million in Consultancy Fees: Labour Analysis

Shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds poses for a photograph during a visit to Milton Keynes University Hospital in Milton Keynes, England, on March 19, 2021. Leon Neal/Getty Images

The UK’s Labour Party said on Wednesday that Conservative MPs have received more than £1.7 million ($2 million) in consultancy fees this year.

In the latest “Tory sleaze” accusation, Labour Party chairwoman Anneliese Dodds said 50 Conservative MPs—around one in seven—have been “taking money from outside interests.”