Taxpayers will be handed a hefty bill after Boris Johnson inspired a slew of ministerial resignation letters before finally announcing his intention to resign from Downing Street.
Ministers are legally allowed a golden handshake of three months' salary, meaning the brigade returning to the Conservative backbenches - including the likes of former chancellor Rishi Sunak and ex-health secretary Sajid Javid - could be in line for five-figure payouts.
With five Cabinet ministers walking out of Mr Johnson’s administration and more than 20 ministers lower down the chain doing the same, Tory MPs could end up doing well financially out of the chaos the Prime Minister caused by refusing to budge until the eleventh hour.
