A Government trade minister was paid almost £500,000 last year by the investment firm he co-founded, which continues to hold shares in the firm widely described as “Russia’s Google” despite the war in Ukraine.
Dominic Johnson – Lord Johnson of Lainston, who was made a peer when he took up his ministerial post last October – received £471,842 in March last year as part of a £6.49m payout to partners and directors of Somerset Capital Management LLP (SCM).
At the time of the payout,…
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