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Article: Jobs bonanza for ex-ministers pile up directorships 1/36point

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May 2, 1995
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Former Cabinet ministers who served under Margaret Thatcher and John Major hold a total of 125 directorships and 30 consultancies, according to a new analysis published yesterday.

The study, by Labour Research, the trade-union backed research body, found that of the 40 ex-Cabinet ministers still alive from the Thatcher and Major governments, 31 held business jobs.

With the Nolan inquiry into standards in public life due to report in the next week or so, the research - the most comprehensive to date - adds weight to Opposition demands that ex-ministers should face restrictions on their commercial interests.

Nolan is likely to recommend a two-year wait for ministers wishing to join industrial ...

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