Angela Rayner will receive a severance payment of nearly £17,000 after resigning as deputy Prime Minister — just weeks before new rules banning golden handshakes for discredited MPs come into force.
Cabinet ministers are entitled to a payment worth 25 per cent of their annual ministerial salary when leaving office. Labour has pledged to scrap the perk for ministers who depart following “serious breaches” of the ministerial code, but the change does not take effect until 13 October.
