“… Hammond is one of Parliament’s richest MPs with a net worth estimated at £8.2million in 2014.
He made much of his money after setting up housing and nursing home developer Castlemead in 1984.
He still benefits from a trust that controls the firm, alongside his £143,000 salary for being a minister and MP.
But he refused point-blank to publish his tax return – leaving it difficult to estimate what he’s worth now. …”
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/who-philip-hammond-what-net-11560679
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