BORIS Johnson and Liz Truss were both handed £18,660 of tax payer cash when they quit as PM.
Shocking new documents also show disgraced ex-Tory deputy chief whip Chris Pincher was given £7,920 – despite quitting the role because he groped two men.
Boris Johnson and Liz Truss were both given £18,660 when they quit as PM
Since 1991 ministers have been awarded severance pay when they step down from their jobs.
A lump sum usually the equivalent of one quarter of their annual salary is handed out.
When Rishi Sunak quit as Boris’ Chancellor in 2022 he was given £16,876.
But the PM paid back the amount in full.
Ex-Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng, who was only Treasury Chief for 38 days, got a hefty £16,876.
Alongside ministers Whitehall mandarins are also given generous when they’re sacked.
Tom Scholar, former permanent secretary to the Treasury was made a whopping £500,000 richer with severance pay and cash in lieu of annual leave combined.
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