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Liz Truss should be stripped of her £115,000 a year lifelong allowance for being PM, says Lib Dem deputy leader Daisy Cooper.
The party’s analysis found the departure of the failed PM, right, from No 10 after 45 days also cost taxpayers £230,000 in severance payments for her sacked ministers.
Ms Cooper said Lib Dem plans to scrap severance for disgraced ministers would end the culture of “rewards for failure”.
She said: “Truss’s trousering of a six-figure sum every year is a kick in the teeth to families she left with spiralling mortgages.”
Under their plans, ministers who resign after breaking the Ministerial Code would be banned from claiming severance pay - worth up to £17,000.
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The total cost for severance pay for Liz Truss’ ministers came to £232,695.
The Public Duty Cost Allowance (PDCA) is available to all former Prime Ministers who are active in public life unless they are serving as leader of the opposition.
It means they are entitled to claim £115,000 from the taxpayer every year for life to pay office, travel and staff expenses.