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'Hypocrite' Somerset MP Jacob Rees-Mogg got £16,800 severance pay for job he had just seven weeks

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Wibbles
Wibbles Community member Posts: 1,606 Pioneering
edited October 2023 in Coffee lounge
I bet this raises a few PM Question time questions ...
After arguing that civil servants' redundancy pay should be cut by 25%, North East Somerset MP Jacob Rees-Mogg received more than £16,000 in severance pay for a role he held for less than two months. When Liz Truss was forced to quit as Prime Minister, Mr Rees-Mogg left the Govenment and claimed three months' salary, despite having only worked for seven weeks as Secretary of State for Business.
It meant that he pocketed a total of £16,800 in severance pay. Previously, as Government Efficiency Minister, he planned to cut the amount of redundancy pay for departing civil servants from four weeks’ salary per year of service to three. Claiming his full severance payout has resulted in an accusation of hypocrisy from Labour.
Mr Rees-Mogg, who now trousers more than £750 an hour as a presenter on GB News on top of his £80,000 MPs salary, said that changes to redundancy payments would “create significant savings on the current cost of exits,”

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  • Rosie_Scope
    Rosie_Scope Posts: 2,364 Scope online community team
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    Well that's interesting, isn't it!

    I think you're right @Wibbles, he'll definitely have some questions coming his way soon!
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  • Strawberry1
    Strawberry1 Community member, Scope Member Posts: 2,569 Disability Gamechanger
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    I am not  a fan of Jacob Rees_Mogg .
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  • Jimm_Scope
    Jimm_Scope Posts: 2,767 Scope online community team
    edited October 2023
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    I'll also point out, they have the right to waive the payment and not accept it. It's only under 3 weeks of being in the job that they don't receive the severance pay, which is 1/4 the annual wage under the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991.

    Theoretically they could work 1 day over 3 weeks and get 3 months worth of pay if they get replaced.

     Currently ministers earn £67,505 on top of their £80k MP wage, 1/4 of that is about £16,800.
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  • Strawberry1
    Strawberry1 Community member, Scope Member Posts: 2,569 Disability Gamechanger
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    My goodness me . Well well well .🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
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  • Jimm_Scope
    Jimm_Scope Posts: 2,767 Scope online community team
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    While I am not a fan of many things about the American system, my exposure to it through my partner shows how many checks and balances they have on many things. We have very few checks on abuses and power. The system here has worked on the assumption that people in government would be working for the country, and if they did anything wrong they would resign from the shame of it. A "gentleman" system where we expect everyone in it to behave like "gentlemen" of old.

    It's just not working at the moment.
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  • Strawberry1
    Strawberry1 Community member, Scope Member Posts: 2,569 Disability Gamechanger
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    Very true @Jimm_Scope , very true indeed. 
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  • Grinchy
    Grinchy Community member Posts: 1,873 Disability Gamechanger
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    not surprised to be honest, typical tory with his nose in the trough, disgusting that they are allowed to do this, makes my blood boil

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  • BrettW
    BrettW Community member Posts: 698 Pioneering
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    lol you think this is only a problem in the Tory party?
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  • michael57
    michael57 Community member Posts: 239 Pioneering
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    BrettW said:
    lol you think this is only a problem in the Tory party?
    haha what a thing to say short but totally honest
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  • Wibbles
    Wibbles Community member Posts: 1,606 Pioneering
    edited October 2023
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    Even worse - that Truss woman receives £115k pa for the rest of her life as a 45 day PM 
    That's on top of her MP salary
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  • Strawberry1
    Strawberry1 Community member, Scope Member Posts: 2,569 Disability Gamechanger
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    That's unbelievable @Wibbles , typical of the rich to look after themselves.  
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  • Wibbles
    Wibbles Community member Posts: 1,606 Pioneering
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    Strawberry1 said:
    That's unbelievable @Wibbles , typical of the rich to look after themselves.  
    And the rest of us have to struggle to survive!!
    Partly due to what that woman did along with her rogue chancellor 
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  • Strawberry1
    Strawberry1 Community member, Scope Member Posts: 2,569 Disability Gamechanger
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    Nicely said @Wibbles .
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  • michael57
    michael57 Community member Posts: 239 Pioneering
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    Wibbles said:
    Strawberry1 said:
    That's unbelievable @Wibbles , typical of the rich to look after themselves.  
    And the rest of us have to struggle to survive!!
    Partly due to what that woman did along with her rogue chancellor 
    and it will be exactly the same  when whoever wins the next election poor will get get poorer so all the fat cats can line there pockets 
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  • Strawberry1
    Strawberry1 Community member, Scope Member Posts: 2,569 Disability Gamechanger
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    Lots of rich people just out for themselves @michael57.
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  • michael57
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    Strawberry1 said:
    Lots of rich people just out for themselves @michael57.
    ah when they come knocking on your door 1st question i ask is whats there salary for representing us in government never had one answer yet itis good practise for them to lie and keep a straight face tho 
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  • honestjon
    honestjon Community member Posts: 173 Pioneering
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    Wibbles said:
    I bet this raises a few PM Question time questions ...
    After arguing that civil servants' redundancy pay should be cut by 25%, North East Somerset MP Jacob Rees-Mogg received more than £16,000 in severance pay for a role he held for less than two months. When Liz Truss was forced to quit as Prime Minister, Mr Rees-Mogg left the Govenment and claimed three months' salary, despite having only worked for seven weeks as Secretary of State for Business.
    It meant that he pocketed a total of £16,800 in severance pay. Previously, as Government Efficiency Minister, he planned to cut the amount of redundancy pay for departing civil servants from four weeks’ salary per year of service to three. Claiming his full severance payout has resulted in an accusation of hypocrisy from Labour.
    Mr Rees-Mogg, who now trousers more than £750 an hour as a presenter on GB News on top of his £80,000 MPs salary, said that changes to redundancy payments would “create significant savings on the current cost of exits,”

    You won't persuade any of them to get there snouts out of the trough.
    There is more than enough money land and food for everyone but the problem is too many are taking too much and leaving nothing for anyone else 
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  • michael57
    michael57 Community member Posts: 239 Pioneering
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    honestjon said:
    Wibbles said:
    I bet this raises a few PM Question time questions ...
    After arguing that civil servants' redundancy pay should be cut by 25%, North East Somerset MP Jacob Rees-Mogg received more than £16,000 in severance pay for a role he held for less than two months. When Liz Truss was forced to quit as Prime Minister, Mr Rees-Mogg left the Govenment and claimed three months' salary, despite having only worked for seven weeks as Secretary of State for Business.
    It meant that he pocketed a total of £16,800 in severance pay. Previously, as Government Efficiency Minister, he planned to cut the amount of redundancy pay for departing civil servants from four weeks’ salary per year of service to three. Claiming his full severance payout has resulted in an accusation of hypocrisy from Labour.
    Mr Rees-Mogg, who now trousers more than £750 an hour as a presenter on GB News on top of his £80,000 MPs salary, said that changes to redundancy payments would “create significant savings on the current cost of exits,”

    You won't persuade any of them to get there snouts out of the trough.
    There is more than enough money land and food for everyone but the problem is too many are taking too much and leaving nothing for anyone else 
    guy fawkes tried look what happened to him 

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  • Jimm_Scope
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    I'll point out Guy Fawkes was trying to kill the king, not really parliament.
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  • michael57
    michael57 Community member Posts: 239 Pioneering
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    Jimm_Scope said:
    I'll point out Guy Fawkes was trying to kill the king, not really parliament.
    well 2 birds with one stone or fire there all a bit needy 
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