In the UK, unions and politicians reacted angrily to the benefits Liz Truss was allowed to claim after her premiership. He is entitled to £115,000 (131,000 euros) per year in financial support for the former prime minister.
As many Britons are struggling financially due to high inflation, this scheme is now under fire.
The controversial benefit is called the Public Duty Fee Allowance (PDCA) and has been around for decades. The basic idea is that the former prime minister still has an important role in public life and therefore also incurs costs, such as paying employees’ salaries. The state contributes to this through the PDCA.
Critics were upset that Truss had only been in power for a few weeks, but could benefit from the arrangement for the rest of his life.
“He should not be allowed £115,000 for life like his recent predecessor, who was in power for more than two years,” a spokesman for the opposition Liberal Democrats told British media.
Additionally, there has been criticism of this benefit for Truss, as many civil servants in the UK are struggling to make ends meet. One in five civil servants have to go to a food bank and 35 percent have to skip meals because they don’t have food. So said the top figure of the PCS civil service union in the paper Security. Therefore, the UK trade union wanted Truss to waive the benefits.
Truss announced his departure this week after receiving strong criticism for his floundering economic policies.
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