Jeremy Hunt, the Secretary of State for Health, is set to become the richest member of the Cabinet after it emerged that he is in line for a £17m windfall from the imminent sale of his own company. Hunt, who is said to be currently worth £4.2m, would overtake Philip Hammond, the Secretary of State for Defence, as the wealthiest Cabinet minister. Hammond is worth £8.2m.
Dave Prentis, the General Secretary of the public service trade union Unison, said: “This is the man who has been let loose to slash the heart out of our NHS, and he can pocket £17m at a stroke. How can a man of such wealth possibly understand the problems of ordinary people or the value that we place on our public services?”
In 2012, the consultancy Wealth-X listed the wealthiest Cabinet ministers.
The top 10 were:
£9.6m Lord Strathclyde (no longer in Cabinet)
£8.2m Philip Hammond
£4.8m William Hague
£4.8m Jeremy Hunt
£4.5m Caroline Spelman (no longer in Cabinet)
£4.5m George Osborne
£3.8m David Cameron
£3.2m Francis Maude
£2.9m Dominic Grieve
£2.2m Andrew Mitchell
Dave Prentis, the General Secretary of the public service trade union Unison, said: “This is the man who has been let loose to slash the heart out of our NHS, and he can pocket £17m at a stroke. How can a man of such wealth possibly understand the problems of ordinary people or the value that we place on our public services?”
In 2012, the consultancy Wealth-X listed the wealthiest Cabinet ministers.
The top 10 were:
£9.6m Lord Strathclyde (no longer in Cabinet)
£8.2m Philip Hammond
£4.8m William Hague
£4.8m Jeremy Hunt
£4.5m Caroline Spelman (no longer in Cabinet)
£4.5m George Osborne
£3.8m David Cameron
£3.2m Francis Maude
£2.9m Dominic Grieve
£2.2m Andrew Mitchell
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