Civil service departments, including quangos, paid out more than £150 million in exit payments in 2022/23, a TaxPayers' Alliance investigation has revealed. One individual received £397,000, believed to be the highest ever.
Speaking to the Daily Mail, which published the findings, our chief executive John O'Connell said:
"Calling this top payout a golden goodbye is an understatement, this is more of a diamond departure.
"And it's just the biggest of the pack, with many more mandarins taking home bumper packages funded by hard-pressed taxpayers
"The government has promised to cap these payouts, it's now time to turn words into action."
"And it's just the biggest of the pack, with many more mandarins taking home bumper packages funded by hard-pressed taxpayers
"The government has promised to cap these payouts, it's now time to turn words into action."