Boris Johnson's Government spent £2.7 million of taxpayers' cash sacking people last year, the Cabinet Office has confirmed.
Some £2.7 million was paid out in severance payouts to departing advisors between April 2019 and March 2020, a new Government report shows.
The annual report on Special Advisors notes the turnover of staff in 2019 was unusually high, due to the December 2019 election and the change of administrations when Boris Johnson became Prime Minister.
The payments are made to advisors who are terminated by their department, or whose employment comes to an end when an election is called.
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