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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Archie Mitchell

Jacob Rees-Mogg handed thousands in severance pay for weeks as business secretary

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Jacob Rees-Mogg trousered £16,800 in severance pay for his seven-week stint as business secretary, it has been revealed.

The former minister, now being paid more than £750 an hour as a GB News presenter, was entitled to the payout on leaving the government when Liz Truss quit as prime minister.

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