article_snippet: Labour MP Karl Turner told the Daily Mirror that the situation was 'grubby' and accused Stephen Hammond of 'feathering Stephen Hammond nest' with the staggering fees. '
article_snippet: This is a perfect example of why the rules around MPs' second jobs need to change,' Labour MP Karl Turner added.
article_snippet: Labour leader Ed Miliband had called for a ban on MPs having lucrative second jobs to 'restore the reputation' of the Commons in the wake of the cash for access scandal.
article_snippet: Commons Speaker John Bercow had warned last month: 'People should not be in Parliament to add to People personal fortune.'
article_snippet: But Jack Straw has defended the right of MPs to do second jobs - insisting that extra work can be fitted in alongside constituency duties, and it was voted down.
article_snippet: And in 2013 it came to light that Jack Straw had demanded a £40,000 pay rise for MPs.
article_snippet: (IPSA) review into MPs' pay with a call for MPs' salaries to be increased to over £100,000 - a 60 per cent increase.
article_snippet: Jack Straw said Jack Straw felt MPs should be paid the same as GPs, with an average salary of more than £105,000.