Keir Starmer calls for 44-Day PM Liz Truss to turn down his £115,000 a year for life fund
The Labor leader has asked the Prime Minister, who is 47, to refuse the public service allowance, which she can claim at 115,000 £ per year until the day she dies. John Major claims full amount 25 years after leaving office
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Liz Truss should 'turn down' £115,000 annual allowance, Starmer says
Keir Starmer has asked Liz Truss to turn down a £115,000 a year fund which she can claim for life - despite just 44 scorching days in office.
The 47-year-old woman is entitled to the annual allowance until her death, even though she was the shortest PM in history.
Separately, she will also receive a payment of £18,860 for leaving office, which is double the £9,094 she actually received while on the job.
But she would be deprived of a special pension from the Prime Minister equivalent to half her salary, because the exceptional packages were abolished in 2013.
The Public Service Expense Allowance pays for office expenses necessary for the "special role of former prime ministers in public life". It pays for office and secretarial expenses, not personal expenses, and should be deducted from actual expenses.
Government officials have confirmed to the Mirror that there is no minimum period that PMs must serve to be eligible.
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Nigel Howard)The Labor leader told ITV's Good Morning Britain: 'She should refuse. I think it's the right thing to do.
"She did 44 days in office, she's not really entitled to it, she should refuse and not take it."
Liberal Democrat MP Christine Jardine warned that it would 'leave a bitter taste in the mouths of millions of people struggling with spiraling bills'.
She added: "Truss' legacy is an economic disaster - for which the Tories are making the taxpayers foot the bill.
"For Truss to walk off into the sunset with a potential six-figure dividend, while leaving the British public to suffer, would be unconscionable."
The Labor leader has asked the Prime Minister, who is 47, to refuse the public service allowance, which she can claim at 115,000 £ per year until the day she dies. John Major claims full amount 25 years after leaving office
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Liz Truss should 'turn down' £115,000 annual allowance, Starmer says
Keir Starmer has asked Liz Truss to turn down a £115,000 a year fund which she can claim for life - despite just 44 scorching days in office.
The 47-year-old woman is entitled to the annual allowance until her death, even though she was the shortest PM in history.
Separately, she will also receive a payment of £18,860 for leaving office, which is double the £9,094 she actually received while on the job.
But she would be deprived of a special pension from the Prime Minister equivalent to half her salary, because the exceptional packages were abolished in 2013.
The Public Service Expense Allowance pays for office expenses necessary for the "special role of former prime ministers in public life". It pays for office and secretarial expenses, not personal expenses, and should be deducted from actual expenses.
Government officials have confirmed to the Mirror that there is no minimum period that PMs must serve to be eligible.
Picture:
Nigel Howard)The Labor leader told ITV's Good Morning Britain: 'She should refuse. I think it's the right thing to do.
"She did 44 days in office, she's not really entitled to it, she should refuse and not take it."
Liberal Democrat MP Christine Jardine warned that it would 'leave a bitter taste in the mouths of millions of people struggling with spiraling bills'.
She added: "Truss' legacy is an economic disaster - for which the Tories are making the taxpayers foot the bill.
"For Truss to walk off into the sunset with a potential six-figure dividend, while leaving the British public to suffer, would be unconscionable."
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