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Lydia Chantler-Hicks

Dame Cressida Dick asked for £500,000 package when she quit as Met Police chief

Dame Cressida Dick requested a severance payout of half-a-million pounds when she stepped down as commissioner of the Metropolitan Police last year, according to reports.

A Freedom of Information (FOI) request by the Guardian is said to have uncovered “tense and bitter messages” exchanged in the lead-up to Dame Cressida’s resignation, as her senior aide discussed financial arrangements with advisers for Mayor of London Sadiq Khan.

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