West Suffolk MP Nick Timothy earns £145,000 a year from the Daily Telegraph for three hours' work a week according to new figures from the House of Commons.

The Register of Members' Financial Interests was published at the end of last week and shows the payment which Mr Timothy earns on top of his MP's salary of £91,346 a year.

Mr Timothy has been a columnist on The Daily Telegraph for several years after serving as one of Theresa May's chiefs of staff during her period as Prime Minister from 2016 to 2019.

We tried to contact Mr Timothy about the payment for his column but he could not be reached.

The campaign to get Jack Abbott elected as Ipswich MP received two donations totalling more than £15,000 from former Labour candidate Kevin Craig before he was suspended by the party.

That came after officials learned that the Gambling Commission was investigating a claim that he had bet against himself to win the Central Suffolk and North Ipswich seat.

Once news of the suspension emerged, the donation was separated from the rest of campaign funds and the Ipswich Labour Party is now in the process of returning the money to Mr Craig.

Labour emphasised that campaign expenses are not payments  to candidates - it is used to cover the costs of running a big campaign.

Mr Craig said:  "I am hopeful in due course once the dust settles that all those returning donations made with the best of intentions might reflect on how them being returned made me feel as someone who has proudly supported and served the Labour Party for decades. 

Bury St Edmunds MP Peter Prinsley, a hospital ear, nose and throat consultant, recorded a few hundred pounds of earnings from work at hospitals across the region over recent months.