British Prime Minister Liz Truss remained in power for only 44 days. This Thursday, the curator resigned: “Given the situation, I cannot fulfill the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative Party.This initial resignation makes Liz Truss the head of government with the shortest longevity in contemporary history of the United Kingdom.
As former prime minister, he should benefit from a £115,000, or €131,000 bonus, The Guardian relays. In the English political world, critics fuse: “He should refuse. I think this is the right thing to do. She Did 44 Days at the Office She Really Doesn’t Deserve It”, said Labor leader Keir Starmer on the set of Good Morning Britain this Friday.
Since the declaration of the trade union, the opinion is shared by many political representatives: “At a time when one in five public servants use food banks and 35% of them have given up because they didn’t have food, it’s ridiculous that Liz Truss could actually escape the £115,000 bounty“said Mark Servotka, general secretary of the Union of Public and Commercial Services.
The bonus, created after the resignation of Margaret Thatcher in 1991, is intended to support political figures after being prime minister. It is used exclusively to pay office and secretarial expenses. Some former prime ministers, like John Major or Tony Blair, have pocketed the entire bonus. Others have chosen to take only a portion of it, such as David Cameron (€129,000) or Theresa May (€66,000). Liz Truss is yet to announce the amount she will take.
This is not counting severance pay: a lump sum payment of 25% of the annual salary of the post left by ministers. This is approximately £19,000, or more than €21,000 for the post of prime minister.
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