The Prime Minister was said to be earning in excess of £350,000 a year. His columns have provided the paper with regular front page stories, including on his thoughts on Brexit and Theresa May's plan to leave the European Union. 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The 54-year-old's articles are meant to be put behind the newspaper's paywall but Mr Johnson has repeatedly posted the full column on his Facebook page, where it can be read for free. It was pretty much a done deal. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Acoba confirmed no such application was received from Johnson and said he received a written reminder of the rules from the chair of the committee following his resignation, as is standard procedure. He was reportedly offered a deal worth £500,000 for the project, which was due out in 2016 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the playwright’s death. Sorry, there was a problem with your subscription. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. The former foreign secretary said he spends 10 hours a month writing his 1,100 word column, equivalent to a pay rate of £2,291/hour – or around £4.80 a word. The Daily Telegraph's profits fell by 49 per cent last year after the newspaper suffered from a sharp drop in advertising revenue. Get involved with the news in your community, This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's Editors' Code of Practice. Staff at the newspaper also noted that earlier this month he wrote a highly newsworthy piece criticising Theresa May’s chequers deal in the rival Mail on Sunday, only to file a piece for the following day’s Telegraph criticising the High Speed 2 railway (£). Are you sure you want to delete this comment? A Gannett Company. “He doesn’t have a housekeeper — he has a single cleaner and they’re worried about being able to afford a nanny. Meanwhile another friend said that Johnson is “always worried about money, he has a genuine need to provide for his family, all of them, and I think that does worry him”. Despite this Johnson’s column has regularly provided the Telegraph with a front page news story for its Monday edition with his thoughts on Brexit. A friend told the newspaper: “Boris, like other prime ministers, is very, very badly served. Johnson famously described the income from his newspaper column as “chickenfeed” in 2009, while he was serving as mayor of London. However, Johnson never finished the book, which was recently listed by his publisher as being due for publication in October 2020. Brilliant information on your blog content, thank you for taking the time to share with us such a nice blog. He has also courted controversy through some of his articles, including one in which he compared Muslim women who wear burqas to letterboxes. And for doing so, he earns just under £23,000 every month. Please continue to respect all commenters and create constructive debates. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to inaccuracy or intrusion, then please contact the editor here. The most insightful comments on all subjects will be published daily in dedicated articles. In a bid to pull in more paying readers, The Telegraph will put more than a third of its content behind its partial paywall service, which charges readers £2 a week to read premium content, according to The Guardian. Boris Johnson was re-employed by the Daily Telegraph on a salary of £275,000 a year for his weekly column, it has been revealed. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. ©Copyright 2001-2020. Rusbridger, who edited the Guardian from 1995 until 2015 said: “I’m glad, both for his own sake and for that BBC [sic], that Charles Moore won’t now be a candidate for chair. The sources say Johnson is still supporting four of his six children and has been through an expensive divorce – he also saw his income drop by more than 50% when he became PM. The relative lack of time spent by Johnson on his column has not stopped it having a substantial impact on the national political debate. The parliamentary register of members' interests shows that the politician was re-hired at the same salary by The Daily Telegraph after resigning from the cabinet position this summer. Sorry, there was a problem with your subscription. Boris Johnson was rehired on the same rate as before he became foreign secretary in 2016 when he had to give up his newspaper job. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. © 2020 Associated Newspapers Limited. The pay covers the period from 11 July this year – the same month he quit Prime Minister Theresa May’s Government – until 10 July 2019. Johnson claims in the register to have consulted the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments about his appointment to the Telegraph, but Acoba said no such application was received from the Tory MP in July. Press The former foreign secretary and Conservative MP was rehired by The Daily Telegraph on a salary of £275,000. Please be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our Community Guidelines. Published from its offices at 200 Renfield Street Glasgow and printed in Scotland by Newsquest (Herald & Times) a division of Newsquest Media Group Ltd, registered in England & Wales with number 01676637 at Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe HP10 9TY – a Gannett company. The revelation is likely to ruffle some feathers at the newspaper, which saw its profits slump by 49 per cent last year. He was sacked from his first journalism job as a trainee reporter at The Times after fabricating a quote in a 1988 article. This summer he caused a political scandal after he compared Muslim women in burqas to “letterboxes” and “bank robbers”. But could we now have a proper process and see who applies before [Dominic] Cummings/Johnson anoints someone?”. The Telegraph has announced plans to put more of its content behind a paywall, including Johnson’s columns, which he usually posts on his Facebook page, making them free to read. October 4, 2020 4:56 pm. Create a commenting name to join the debate, There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts, There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts. But Moore has now pulled out,” Neill said. Boris Johnson is reportedly "worried about money" after his earnings halved when he took on the job of running the country. Mr Johnson, on the other hand, is paid around £4.80 per word – sixty times more. Boris Johnson is paid more than the cost of the average home to write his weekly newspaper column.. Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when they can to create a true meeting of independent Premium. The Tory leader earns £150k a year - but friends told The Times 'he’s always worried about money'. Ex Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who was re-employed by the Daily Telegraph after resigning from the Cabinet in July, receives an annual salary of £275,000  for his weekly column with the paper. Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate? These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience – the local community. $61,742.41 (£49,642.78) in … Are you sure you want to delete this comment? Previous reports elsewhere suggested Lord Moore’s appointment was “virtually a done deal” and that the would-be chairman was demanding at least £280,000 to take the job – nearly three times as much as Sir David is paid now. Ex Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who was re-employed by the Daily Telegraph after resigning from the Cabinet in July, receives an annual salary of … The company’s new chief executive recently pledged to invest £10m in the business to “re-emphasise” quality journalism. The existing Open Comments threads will continue to exist for those who do not subscribe to Independent Premium. Mr Johnson also continues to earn thousands of pounds a year on royalties from his previous books. Can you have a support bubble in Tier 2 and Tier 3? Nick Hugh, the newspaper's chief executive, has pledged to maintain long-term investment in its journalism. You can find our Community Guidelines in full here. In total, he was bringing in more than £350,000 annually. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? All rights reserved. Sturgeon stunned as Johnson goes AWOL in middle of pandemic. Lord Moore, ex-editor of both the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, was widely believed to be Boris Johnson’s favoured candidate for the BBC’s top job. The Prime Minister was said to be earning in excess of £350,000 a year. Mr Johnson spends 10 hours a month writing his column, for which he earns £22,916.66 a month, equivalent to a rate of £2,291 an hour. Boris Johnson has given up his column in the Daily Telegraph, worth £275,000, to be Prime Minister (Picture: PA) Boris Johnson is reported to be worried about money after taking a … It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. Want an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium. 1 of 3 FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020 file photo, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street to attend the weekly session of … “He’s pin sharp one day and then he will say to somebody in his own inimitable way ‘Why have you not briefed me on that?’ and he’ll be told ‘You were told that yesterday,’” they said. Johnson spends 10 hours a month writing column, giving him an hourly rate of £2,291, Last modified on Wed 10 Jul 2019 10.38 BST. By Katie Grant. You can also choose to be emailed when someone replies to your comment. Even if he or Carrie want to go into the rose garden they have to go through the office.”. While an MP Johnson raked in £275,000 from his Daily Telegraph column and earned plenty from other speaking engagements. BORIS Johnson is “always worried about money” despite earning £150,000 a year as Prime Minister, according to new reports. The Times spoke to friends and colleagues of the Tory leader who say he currently seems “subdued” in his role. Boris Johnson is reportedly "worried about money" after his earnings halved when he took on the job of running the country. One senior Conservative, who meets with Johnson regularly, told the newspaper you can see “misery etched on his face” in public appearances. Since then, a number of his columns have made front page news and he has used it to regularly criticise the Prime Minister’s ongoing Brexit negotiations. Much of that being attributed to his Daily Telegraph column which reportedly garnered him £275,000 a year. READ MORE: Sturgeon stunned as Johnson goes AWOL in middle of pandemic. 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