Ministers who quit in a bid to oust Boris Johnson will be urged to offer their severance pay to fund free school meals over the summer.
Resigning frontbenchers are entitled to claim 25% of their annual salary in severance, so long as they don't rejoin the government within three weeks.
That means ministers of state who don't return would be in line for a £7,920 payout - a figure which would increase through the ranks. Boris Johnson is set to receive a £18,860 payout when he eventually steps down.
