There’s more to the story than the headline. Separation costs from his wife (a lawyer), plus child maintenance, plus burnout from lots of different roles. It’s not just the mortgage payments.
If I understand high salary taxation correctly, there are no tax bands above £100K and you just pay 40% on the lot, which makes his take-home net £6K/month, of which a £2K mortgage is one third. I’m managing OK with my mortgage being one third of my net takehome. But I don’t have an angry lawyer ex-wife and child maintenance to pay, or a stressful job.
Maybe mortgage increases were the last straw for him. But they are not the only reason for him quitting.
Who the hell wrote this? Emphasis mine.
After leaving government, which he described as a “cruel mistress”, Freeman wrote in his blog that he now had the “greatest freedom of all – to speak and write and talk openly about what I’ve learnt”.
On top of his MP’s salary of £86,584, he is now also free to take on lucrative second jobs, subject to the approval of the anti-corruption watchdog, the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments.
So which is it?
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He hasn’t left government, so he can still draw his salary. Another job would be a second job.
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He has left government, and inexplicably is still getting his salary despite being unemployed. Another job would be his first job.
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He has left government and isn’t getting his salary. Another job would be his first job.
Which is it? I want to know exactly which lies I’m being told.
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