MICHAEL Gove will rake in up to £30,000 a speech after he signed up to a lucrative after-dinner speaking agency.

The former Justice Secretary and Brexit campaigner will follow in the footsteps of David Cameron and George Osborne after hooking up with the London Speaker Bureau.

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But his speaking earnings are overshadowed by his old friend the former chancellor who charges up to £75,000 a pop.

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The LSB say the backbencher charges up to £15,000 for a speech in the UK or Europe rising to £30,000 for a talk in the US or Asia.

Tony Blair’s ex spin doctor Alastair Campbell, former Labour Chancellor Alistair Darling and the ex PMs of Denmark and Finland are also on the books of the speaking agency.

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All MPs – who earn £74,000 a year – are required to declare earnings in the Register of Members Interests.

George Osborne has already clocked up almost £100,000 worth of earnings for fours worth of speeches in the US.

That works out as an hourly rate of more than £20,000.

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He is a member of the Washington Speakers Bureau along with former PMs Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.

Last week David Cameron was paid more than £120,000 for a 60 minute speech to Wall Street financiers