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Minister condemns 'eye watering' council chief pay-offs

Compensation packages of £100,000 or more were granted to over 100 departing council officials last year, research suggests.

By Tom Bridge | 02 January 2013

Compensation packages of £100,000 or more were granted to over 100 departing council officials last year, research suggests.

Pay-offs ranging between £100,000 and £420,000 were given to 135 officials during 2012, the findings state, prompting local government minister Brandon Lewis to urge town halls to end current pay-off practices.

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