Ministers are entitled to a lump sum when they leave government but Jacob Rees-Mogg previously advocated cutting the redundancy package for civil servants.
has been labelled a "hypocrite" after pocketing almost £17,000 in severance pay for just seven weeks work during his brief stint as business secretary.
The politician - who earns a £86,584 salary as an MP and £750 an hour as a presenter on GB News - received a payment of £16,800 after leaving the Business Department, worth three months of ministerial wages, according to government figures. He accepted a £7,920 payout when he was sacked from the Business Department in September 2022 but he was reappointed a minister four weeks later.A Labour source said: “It is hard to know who is the bigger hypocrite for accepting these handouts: Jacob Rees-Mogg, who said the severance pay of civil servants was too generous; or Greg Hands, who is constantly preaching that the Tories are the party of sound money.
Among the other ministers to receive severance payments was Chris Pincher, who resigned as deputy chief whip over allegations he groped two men in the Carlton Club, precipitating the crisis that saw Mr Johnson leave office.Mr Pincher received a £7,920 severance payment after stepping down at the end of June 2022.
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