Guiliani paid $70K for lecture

Former New York Mayor Rudolph Guiliani has begun a lucrative new career as a lecturer with each speech commanding a fee believed to be around $70,000.

The fee for a speech is said to be two-thirds of his salary for his previous position as mayor and comes on what is expected to be $1.4m double book deal.

Mr Guiliani gave his first speech to group of executives in Florida where he was spending a holiday with his partner.