Cameron Spends £900K Public Money On ‘Golden Goodbyes’ To Loyal Allies

The former British Prime Minister David Cameron has splashed out nearly £1 million of public money on “golden goodbyes” for his faithful ministers and aides. According to reports, loyal colleagues and advisers, which includes the former Chancellor George Osborne, two other ministers and 21 aides, received payoffs of up to £70,000 (US$91,000) each. Cameron has also come under fire for showering Downing Street staff and former ministers with peerages, knighthoods and other awards in his much-criticised honours resignation list. A leaked list shows that he nominated members of his own staff and political allies, aides, EU referendum ‘Remain’ campaigners and donors RT reports: Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has lashed out at the former PM, branding his behavior “cronyism.” Cameron announced his resignation following the British public’s decision to leave the EU in the June 23 Brexit referendum. Weeks later, he quietly increased the severance package for aides from four-and-a-half months to six months’ pay. Cabinet Office chief John Manzoni attempted to stop the rise, but was overruled. Simon Chase, a private secretary for the PM, wrote to Manzoni insisting it was right to increase the aides’ severance packages. “The termination of their employment has been sudden and unexpected,” Chase wrote. [...]