Two and a half years have passed since Liz Truss entered – and swiftly exited – Downing Street. The former prime minister has not laid low since then, however, keeping busy by setting up the ‘PopCons’, releasing her memoir and appearing at CPAC alongside Steve Bannon. Yet while the ex-PM will be remembered by the history books for her short but eventful time in politics, her post-parliamentary career is not quite as lucrative as those of her predecessors.
The latest financial statement from her eponymous company reveals that in the year up until March 2025, the Disruptor-in-Chief had just £112,657 in net assets – some way off the sums made by the likes of Theresa May and others. The accounts show that Truss took only £8,000 more than the previous year – despite publishing her memoir Ten Years to Save the West last April.
It comes after Britain’s shortest-serving premier signed up to the same agency as her predecessor Boris Johnson, Chartwell Speakers. Johnson secured a £2.5 million advance for several well-paid speaking events, earning £5 million within his first year out of the top job, while the Maybot raked in more than £400,000 for six talks after stepping down. Rishi
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