Ex-Health Secretary Andrew Lansley defends three private sector jobs

'Should I not work?' Ex-Health Secretary Andrew Lansley defends three private sector jobs including advising drugs firm

• Tory peer who oversaw major NHS reforms takes jobs with health firms
• Lansley has declared work as an adviser to drugs firm Roche 
• Tory peer is also working for controversial private equity firm Blackstone
• Acting as an adviser to the chair and executive director of UKActive
• He stresses that none of the jobs involve lobbying the government
• Former health secretary Andrew Lansley was embroiled in a ‘revolving door’ row last night after taking on three more private sector jobs.
  The Tory peer declared work as an adviser to drugs firm Roche and to controversial private equity firm Blackstone.
  Blackstone was heavily criticised four years ago when it was blamed for the collapse of a care home firm, throwing the lives of thousands of elderly residents into turmoil.
  A third role is acting as an adviser to the chair and executive director of UKActive, a body that receives funding from the fitness industry and Coca-Cola.
  The three jobs were taken by the former health secretary despite David Cameron’s promise in 2010 to end the ‘revolving door’ between government and the private sector.
  Last night Lord Lansley told the Daily Mail that he expected the majority of the work he does for the companies to be unrelated to health.