Role, work or services: Writing books Payer: United Agents, Lexington House, 12-26 Lexington St, Soho, London W1F 0LE
Payment: £12,300 Payment for release of paperback of previously written book Received on: 31 July 2025. Hours: no extra hours worked. Ultimate payer: Simon and Schuster (Publisher), 222 Grays Inn Rd, London WC1X 8HB (Registered 20 August 2025)
Role, work or services: Writing articles Payer: Guardian News & Media Ltd, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1P 2AP
Payment: £600 Payment for copywrite fees of an article written in 2018, which the Guardian have syndicated Received on: 16 October 2025. Hours: no hours entered. (Registered 16 October 2025)
Payment: £600 This is a copyright payment for an article I wrote in 2018 Received on: 16 October 2025. Hours: No extra hours worked. (Registered 29 October 2025)

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

4 entries

Name of donor: Live Nation Ltd Address of donor: 30 St. John Street, London, England, EC1M 4AY Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: I was given two tickets for me and a family member to Black Sabbath Farewell concert in Birmingham, value £565 Date received: 5 July 2025 Date accepted: 5 July 2025 Donor status: company, registration 02409911 (Registered 22 July 2025)
Name of donor: Seabright Live Ltd Address of donor: 100 Black Prince Rd, London SE1 7SJ Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Hotel for the night in Edinburgh, my husband accompanied me, where I was appearing at an event produced by Seabright Live, value £362 Date received: 1 August 2025 Date accepted: 1 August 2025 Donor status: company, registration 14661522 (Registered 20 August 2025)
Name of donor: Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre Address of donor: Hurst Street, Birmingham B5 4TB Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two theatre tickets for my husband and I, value £204 Date received: 18 July 2025 Date accepted: 18 July 2025 Donor status: company, registration 01446309 (Registered 6 November 2025)
Name of donor: Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre Address of donor: Hurst Street, Birmingham B5 4TB Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two theatre tickets for my husband and I for press night, value £298 Date received: 16 October 2025 Date accepted: 16 October 2025 Donor status: company, registration 01446309 (Registered 6 November 2025)

8. Miscellaneous

2 entries

A trustee of the Stacy Wanjiku Welfare Trust. Having raised money for the education and welfare of Stacey Wanjiru I am a trustee of the fund. Stacey is the daughter of Agnes Wanjiru a Kenyan woman murdered in 2012 in a case linked to British Armed Forces. This is an unpaid role. Date interest arose: 16 March 2022 (Registered 24 March 2022)
A director of Birmingham Museums Trust which manages Birmingham Museums including a site in my constituency. This is an unpaid role. Date interest arose: 26 July 2023 (Registered 18 September 2023)