£2m and counting: Jeffrey Donaldson’s earnings from rookie Assemblyman in 1985 to veteran MP today
As Lagan Valley MP shows, a long career in public life pays handsomely
Jeffrey Donaldson after being elected to the Assembly in 1985
Jeffrey Donaldson has been paid a total of more than £2million in taxpayer-funded salaries over the course of his political career, Sunday Life can reveal.
The figure is an accumulation of earnings from his political positions ranging from local councillor up to MP and junior minister.
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