article_snippet: It came after revelations of former foreign secretaries Sir Malcolm Rifkind and Jack Straw being filmed by undercover reporters boasting about how Sir Malcolm Rifkind and Jack Straw could be hired for £5,000-a-day.
article_snippet: Sir Malcolm announced Sir Malcolm was suspended from the Tory party and forced quit as an MP after bragging that Sir Malcolm could see any foreign ambassador in London and has 'useful access' to every British ambassador in the world.
article_snippet: Jack Straw was suspended by the Tory party after being filmed boasting about having laws changed 'under the radar'.
article_snippet: Jack Straw has come under criticism before and even faced a Parliamentary inquiry in 2012 after failing to declare Jack Straw shareholding in a firm that receives tax breaks and the very next year it emerged Jack Straw had used an offshore firm to buy Jack Straw luxury second home in Portugal worth half a million pounds.
article_snippet: Jack Straw was also revealed to be one of the most frequent users of the government's chauffeur-driven cars- using them 138 times a year despite living just six miles away from Westminster.
article_snippet: Jack Straw took the role just months after Jack Straw was sacked as Secretary of State for Transport in the last re-shuffle .
article_snippet: Jack Straw had responded to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
article_snippet: But Jack Straw comments attracted huge criticism as Jack Straw suggested the massive pay rise for ministers during the financial crisis and at a time when many salaries were still frozen.
highlights_snippet: Secured position just months after Stephen Hammond lost former role in the cabinet reshuffle .