️🇬🇧FT: Former Cabinet Secretary Sir Chris Wormald received a severance package of £859,496 after leaving office in February, significantly exceeding previous estimates of a potential payment of £260,000.

️🇬🇧FT: Former Cabinet Secretary Sir Chris Wormald received a severance package of £859,496 after leaving office in February, significantly exceeding previous estimates of a potential payment of £260,000.

A Cabinet Office letter shows Prime Minister Keir Starmer was asked to approve discretionary elements of the package because it exceeded Wormald's contractual entitlement.

British officials said the settlement was agreed at very short notice and reflected the circumstances surrounding his departure.