, Labour's Deputy Leader
and Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, commenting on
the severance payments for Conservative ministers that have been
published today in the annual reports of government departments,
said:
"After the mess the Tories have left our country in, they should
be hanging their heads in embarrassment, not walking away with an
enormous payoff.
"At a time when people up and down the country are struggling to
pay their mortgages and put food on the table, it shows a
staggering lack of shame for them to accept this money, but is
exactly what we've come to expect from a bunch of Tories who only
care about themselves."
Ends
Notes to editors:
The following is a selection of the severance payments for
ministers that have been revealed today in annual reports
published by government departments. It is not an exhaustive
list.
- £18,660 each for former prime ministers and ;
- £16,876 for for his five weeks as
Chancellor of the Exchequer in Liz Truss’s Cabinet, having earned
just £2,359 in salary from the Treasury in that time;
- £16,876 for following his departure
as Secretary of State for Transport on 6 September 2022, despite
him returning to the Cabinet just six weeks later in his
temporary role as Home Secretary on 20 October;
- £16,876 for after quitting as Welsh
Secretary in Boris Johnson’s government on 6 July 2022, despite
returning to government on 25 October as Rishi Sunak’s Chief
Whip;
- £16,876 for for the 16 weeks he
spent in post as Welsh Secretary after succeeding (slightly less than the £20,143
he earned in salary in that time);
- £7,920 for for the month he spent as
Minister of State for Trade Policy (from 7 September to 7
October), more than 3.5 times the £2,708 he earned in salary in
that time;
- £7,920 for for her seven weeks as
Minister of State for Schools (from 7 September to 27 October),
more than 3.5 times the £2,129 salary she earned in that time);
- £5,593 for for the two months he
spent as a minister in the Foreign Office (from 8 July to 7
September), two days of which he spent running for the Tory
leadership;
- £5,593 each for and for their respective
spells of just five weeks (20 September to 26 October) and eight
weeks (6 July to 7 September) as junior ministers at the
Department for Transport, having not previously served in
ministerial roles;
- £5,593 each for and for their respective
periods in post of five weeks (20 September to 26 October) and
seven weeks (7 September to 25 October) as junior ministers at
the Department for International Trade;
- £5,593 for after resigning his post as
a trade minister in Boris Johnson’s government on 6 July 2022,
despite returning to the government just eleven weeks later on 20
September 2022 as a justice minister under ;
- £5,593 each for and for their respective
spells of 16 weeks (9 July to 27 October) and seven weeks (7
September to 28 October) as junior ministers at the Department
for Education, neither having held ministerial office previously;
- £5,593 for after resigning his
post as a junior education minister in Boris Johnson’s government
on 6 July 2022, despite returning to work as a minister in the
Department of Work and Pensions under on 20 September 2022;
- £5,593 for after resigning her post
as Exchequer Secretary in Boris Johnson’s government on 6 July
2022, despite returning to the government on 26 October 2022;
- £7,920 for following her six-week
spell as Chief Whip in Liz Truss’s government (reported in the HM
Treasury annual report).
Links to the 2022/23 Annual Reports referenced above:
Department for Education
Department for International
Trade
Department for Transport
Foreign, Commonwealth &
Development Office
HM Treasury
Wales Office
