Labour SpAds: The Rich List

The total SpAd costs have just been released by the government. Salary costs are a total of £9.5 million…

Here are the top paid SpAds in every department:

• Starmer: Morgan McSweeney – £160,000
• Reeves: John Van Reenan – £150,000
• Mahmood: Sophie Linden – £120,000
• Kendall: Graeme Cooke – £120,000
• Cooper: Amy Richards – £105,000
• Rayner: Nick Parrott – £105,000
• Lammy: John Garvey – £100,000
• McFadden: Elena McDonald & John Stevens – £100,000
• Streeting: Sarah Harrison – £90,000
• Miliband: Tobias Garnett – £90,000
• Peter Kyle & Heidi Alexander: Darren Murphy – £90,000
• Jones: Felicity Slater – £90,000
• Baroness Smith: Ian Parker – £90,000
• Healey: Daniel Harris – £85,000
• Hermer: Chris McQuiggin – £80,000
• Nick Thomas-Symonds: James Bevan – £80,000
• Reynolds: Sophia Kewell & Fionnuala McGoldrick – £80,000
• Murray: Kieron Higgins & Callum Munro – £80,000
• Phillipson: No winner – all at £80,000
• Benn: No winner – all below £75,000
• Reed: No winner – all below £75,000
• Stevens: No winner – all below £75,000
• Powell: No winner – all below £75,000
• Campbell: No winner – all below £75,000

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