Owen Patterson

Interesting to understanding a little more about the “redundancy” payments to Government Ministers. This article reveals:

Former Defra secretary Owen Paterson received a severance deal of more than £38k after he was ousted from his post in the summer, Farmers Weekly has learned.

According to figures obtained from a Freedom of Information (FoI) request, Mr Paterson was given a severance payment of £38,804.77 when Norfolk MP Liz Truss replaced him in July.

Defra said: “These costs are in relation to the normal contractual severance payments as directed by Cabinet Office for the secretary of state and other associated costs.”