SIMON DANCZUK only started attending Parliamentary Labour Party meetings to “pick up gossip” for his lucrative work with right-wing media outlets, according to his former girlfriend.

The latest register of MPs’ interest shows that the Rochdale MP made £32,484 from writing and contributing articles for the Mail group and Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp.

And despite pocketing the cash Mr Danczuk does not even write the articles himself, according to Claire Hamilton.