
Cabinet Secretary Chris Wormald was given a payoff worth more than £850,000 after being ousted by Keir Starmer.
The payoff consisted of 'contractual compensation' of £332,897 and 'additional severance' of £526,598, as revealed in the latest Cabinet Office accounts.
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