A new Birmingham MP has employed her husband as her office manager, it has been revealed.
, pays husband Tom Phillips to be her constituency support manager from her Parliamentary allowance.
The employment began on June 7, a month after the general election on May 7.
The arrangement is revealed in the register of members鈥 interests, published by House of Commons authorities.
Mrs Phillips said: 鈥淚 am in the process of setting up my office and I need somebody I can trust to do that. He has all the skills I need to do that.
鈥淚t鈥檚 about setting up the office, making sure the IT works and I need someone with the skills to do that.鈥
Other MPs employing relatives funded by the taxpayer include Liam Byrne (Lab), MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill, who employs wife Sarah Harnett as a part-time office manager.
A number of MPs receive significant earnings from outside interests.
London financial services firm Investec 鈥 and says he expects to receive 拢6,000 a day, and to spend ten days a year working for them.
But the register also reveals he was paid 拢14,000 for just one day working for the business in May this year.
And MP Jack Dromey revealed owners of a Birmingham curry house provided food and catering for a fundraising event in the run-up to the general election 鈥 .
MPs 鈥 Who claimed what?
Gisela Stuart (Lab Edgbaston) receives 拢2,200 every month for 16 hours work editing The House magazine, which is distributed within Parliament.
Roger Godsiff (Lab Hall Green) has no outside earnings, but reported that he received tickets worth 拢1,404 for him and his wife to visit the Chelsea Flower Show, including hospitality.
Jack Dromey (Lab Erdington) revealed that Moseley curry house Tipu Sultan provided him with catering for a fundraising event on March 2015, before the general election - which was worth 拢3,000.
Liam Byrne (Lab Hodge Hill) spent two hours a month in July, June, August and September last year teaching at Oxford University Said Business School, receiving 拢625 a month. He also reported that he employed his wife Sarah Harnett as a part-time Office Manager.
Shabana Mahmood (Lab Ladywood) revealed that accountancy firm PwC provided her with one of their staff to help her carry out her work as a Shadow Treasury Minister when the Finance Bill 鈥 which cut taxes for some working people and clamped down on tax avoidance 鈥 went through Parliament. Although this lasted for less than a month, it was worth 拢19,026.
Richard Burden (Lab Northfield) revealed that his local party received a donation of 拢5,000 from trade union Unite. This would have been used to meet the costs of Labour Party campaigns locally.
Steve McCabe (Lab Selly Oak) received no payments related to his work as an MP but said he received rental income from a flat in Birmingham on top of his salary.
Andrew Mitchell (Con Sutton Colfield) received significant additions to his MP鈥檚 salary from work as a consultant. This included payments from a 鈥済rowth and innovation consultancy鈥 called The Foundation in London, which paid 拢3,000 a day. He was expected to work six days a year for them, he said. Moontrose Associates, another London consultancy, paid him 拢3,000 a day, with an expected time commitment of one day a month. Banking and asset management firm Investec paid him 拢6,000 a day, with an expected time commitment of 10 days a year, he said. On 14 May 2015 he received 拢15,000 plus VAT for approximately 1 day of work for the business, he said.
Khalid Mahmood (Lab Perry Barr) said he received no extra payments at all.
