Labour leader Keir Starmer has called on Liz Truss to reject a £115,000 a year allowance that she will be entitled to as a former prime minister.
The ex PM will be able to receive the annual sum, which is over four times the average wage, even though she was only PM for 44 days.
Starmer told ITV’s Good Morning Britain: “She should turn it down. I think that’s the right thing to do.
“She’s done 44 days in office, she’s not really entitled to it, she should turn it down and not take it.”
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey also said Liz Truss should not get the allowance.
Asked if she deserves the payment, he told LBC radio: “No. Most people have to work at least 35 years to get a full state pension.
“I think working 45 days shouldn’t give you a pension that is many many times what ordinary people out there get after a lifetime of work”.
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