LONDON: British lawmakers earned some £10 million ($6.1 m) on top of their parliamentary salaries over the past year with former Prime Minister Boris Johnson accounting for nearly half the total amount, a report said.

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Johnson — who reportedly complained bitterly while in office about his £164,000 prime ministerial salary — earned £4.8 million, according to an analysis by The Guardian daily published late on Sunday. The former prime minister resigned as an MP in June following his ouster as British leader in July 2022.