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Taxpayers spent £4m paying off failed Conservatives, research shows
Then Prime Minister Liz Truss and then Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng visit a construction site for a medical innovation campus in Birmingham, on day three of the Conservative Party annual conference at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham, October 4, 2022
TAXPAYERS have spent nearly £4 million paying off failed Conservatives after their year of political chaos, Labour research showed today.
Slammed as “shameless grifters” by Labour’s Emily Thornberry, a number of top Tories pocketed severance after just a few weeks in office – and then sometimes returned to the same posts.
The final bill for the ministerial merry go-round in 2022 is just under £1 million, as one minister succeeded another at breakneck speed while the Johnson and Truss premierships imploded.
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