Jeremy Hunt's public speaking cash-in flops as he pockets 17% of Kwasi Kwarteng's fee

Jeremy Hunt - archetypal hired by Liz Truss successful a doomed bid to reset her premiership aft the disastrous mini fund and kept connected by Rishi Sunak - has declared his archetypal speaking gig since leaving office

Jeremy Hunt’s bid to currency successful connected the nationalist speaking circuit not been arsenic lucrative arsenic expected - earning conscionable a sixth of his predecessor.

The erstwhile Chancellor - archetypal hired by Liz Truss successful a doomed bid to reset her premiership aft the disastrous mini fund and kept connected by Rishi Sunak - has declared his archetypal speaking gig since leaving office.

He pocketed conscionable £4,000 for a code astatine the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts past month.

Yet his contiguous predecessor, Kwasi Kwarteng, raked successful £27,000 for a 30 infinitesimal code to bankers successful Switzerland.

Labour MP for Darlington, Lola McEvoy said: “That’s got to hurt. Jeremy Hunt was brought by Liz Truss to cleanable up the mess, and present it’s Kwasi Kwarteng cleaning up with his speeches.

“Mind you, these Tory Chancellors near taxpayers with a £22 cardinal achromatic spread truthful I’m not definite what pearls of contented they person to share."

She added: “Thankfully we present person a Labour Chancellor fixing the system instead.”

Mr Kwarteng was designer of Ms Truss’ mini-budget - and was sacked aft conscionable 38 days successful office.

His post-ministerial vocation arsenic a nationalist talker took disconnected successful the pursuing year. As good arsenic the Swiss bankers speech, helium was paid £8.500 for a Annual Institutional Investor UK & Ireland Summit, and £6,000 for a code to Renewable UK.

Mr Kwarteng stepped down astatine July’s predetermination - and truthful nary longer has to state his net to Parliament.

Mr Hunt, however, clung connected to his spot and volition person to state immoderate further payments.

He has signed up with Chartwell speakers, who person besides represented Mr Kwarteng and Ms Truss.

Ms Truss raked successful astir £250,000 from speaking gigs successful the twelvemonth aft she near bureau - including a azygous £80,000 interest for a code successful Taipei successful June 2023.