Keir Starmer‘s decision to sack the top civil servant he hired only 14 months earlier cost taxpayers £500,000, it has emerged.
Chris Wormald was forced out as cabinet secretary in February as the then-prime minister rebuilt his No10 team in a desperate bid to save his premiership.
His departure made him the shortest-serving cabinet secretary in history and left taxpayers to pick up the bill for a hefty payout.
It had initially been suggested that Sir Chris had been handed a £260,000 payout as part of an exit package.
But several insiders briefed on the settlement have now told the Financial Times it topped £500,000,
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