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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Christopher McKeon

Election losses cost 2,000 people their jobs, says Westminster watchdog

Redundancy payments to MPs’ staff after the 2024 election cost millions of pounds. (John Walton/PA) - (PA Wire)

More than 2,000 people lost their jobs after an “almost unprecedented” turnover of MPs at the last election, a parliamentary watchdog has said.

The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) revealed on Wednesday that 2,023 people who worked for MPs were also made redundant on July 5 when their bosses were either voted out or stood down.

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