Theresa May takes thinly-veiled swipe at David Cameron over lavish spending on special advisers as she reveals 7.9m bill for her team

Theresa Could took a thinly-veiled swipe at David Cameron at the moment as she revealed the invoice for her group might be £7.9million a yr.

The prices for so-called 'Spads' in authorities might be £500,000 decrease this yr than beneath the previous PM and numbers are down from 95 in December to 83.

The Cupboard Workplace additionally highlighted that there had been £1.7million in pay-offs when Mr Cameron stop in July. 

He insisted on his advisers in Quantity 10 getting an additional £280,000 in enhanced redundancy regardless of protests from high civil servants.

Theresa Could (pictured on a pre-Christmas go to to a hostel in London at the moment) has 32 advisers in Quantity 10 - precisely the identical quantity as her predecessor had final December

Mrs Could's high employees are her joint chiefs of employees Fiona Hill and Nick Timothy, who earn £140,000 every for working the Prime Minister's No 10 

The discharge exhibits the highest paid Spads in authorities are Mrs Could's joint chiefs of employees Fiona Hill and Nick Timothy, who're each paid £140,000.

She has 32 advisers in Quantity 10 - precisely the identical quantity as her predecessor had final December.

The wage invoice for his or her places of work are additionally nearly similar at round £2.5million a yr.

The very best paid beneath Mr Cameron had been Craig Oliver and Ed Llewellyn on £140,000.

Whereas George Osborne had 9 Spads as Chancellor, Philip Hammond is listed as using simply 5 - in an obvious signal of his decrease standing. 

They're additionally paid much less. 

Mr Osborne's former adviser James Chapman has joined Brexit Secretary David Davis's group, regardless of having performed a central position within the controversial 'Undertaking Concern' referendum marketing campaign.

However he has taken a pay minimize from £125,000 a yr to £115,000.

Though prices for this yr are set to be decrease than final yr, they're nonetheless increased than throughout the coalition authorities. In 2012-13 payroll and severance prices had been £7.2million.

The Cupboard Workplace burdened that Spads represented simply zero.07 per cent of the pay invoice for round 420,000 civil servants. 

Earlier than leaving workplace, Mr Cameron pushed for these advisers at No 10 who had been reappointed in 2015 to get the equal of an additional one month's pay as a part of their redundancy packages.

The Cupboard Workplace mentioned prices for so-called 'Spads' in authorities might be £500,000 decrease this yr than beneath David Cameron (pictured) and numbers are down from 95 in December to 83

The transfer – which value the taxpayer a further £282,892 - was opposed by Cupboard Workplace chief government John Manzoni.

He took the weird step of requested a ministerial route – the formal mechanism for flagging objections – when the plan was delivered to him.

Mr Manzoni wrote: "Authorized recommendation helps this place, and legal professionals have been clear that awarding an additional month's wage for particular advisers on this place would represent a cost above their contractual entitlement."

Mr Cameron's workplace responded that though the PM was "conscious of the loyal and devoted service that has been offered to him over the previous six years by his group".

"The termination of their employment has been sudden and surprising, and he doesn't want to exacerbate an already tough and unsure time for them by inferring that their lengthy and constant service is just not totally recognised," the PM's workplace added.

The very best paid Spads beneath Mr Cameron had been Craig Oliver (left) and Ed Llewellyn (proper) who each earned £140,000 a yr

 

 

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