Truss and Kwarteng given more than £16,000 each after leaving office

Severance pay for former PM and chancellor equal to about 400 for every day they held roles, accounts show

Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng received about 400 in severance pay for every day they were in office, according to government accounts published on Thursday.

The former prime minister and former chancellor each received more than 16,000 on leaving their jobs after just a few weeks, the Treasury's annual report shows, while Tom Scholar, the department's most senior civil servant, received 457,000 after being sacked by Truss.