Tory ex-minister Esther McVey has been rapped by Parliament's outside jobs watchdog for the second time.
Ex-Ministers have to seek advice from the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA) before taking a second job within two years of leaving government.
The Committee said in December Ms McVey had broken the rules by failing to report her position as a presenter on GB News.
But ACOBA chair Lord Pickles said he felt further action would be "disproportionate" as it was a minor breach and the role would be transparent by nature.
But in a letter published tonight, Lord Pickles said Ms McVey had broken the rules for a second time in a matter of months - by failing to seek advice before signing up for a speaking agency.
It had been reported Ms McVey had given a speech providing advice on lobbying.
But she has insisted she did not discuss her ministerial role as Housing Minister during the speech, entitled "How to run a successful campaign as a backbench MP."
The letter, sent to Cabinet Office Minister Steve Barclay - who is also Boris Johnson's chief of staff - reads: "Whilst this appears to me to be a minor breach in the circumstances, it is the second such breach by Ms McVey. It is also another illustration that not all former ministers and Crown servants are sufficiently clear on the various standards of behaviour, rules and legislation that are incumbent on them."
But it again recommends it would be "disproportionate to take any further action in this case."
No sanction has ever been handed out by the Cabinet Office following a breach of Acoba rules.
