Truss and Kwarteng payouts "slap in the face" for those seeing mortgages soar

EMBARGO: For Immediate Release

Responding to the news that Liz Truss, Kwasi Kwarteng and Chris Pincher have all been given taxpayer-funded severance payments worth thousands of pounds, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper said:

"This is a slap in the face for all those who have seen their mortgages soar because of Truss and Kwarteng’s disastrous mini-budget. 

"It is frankly insulting that whilst people struggle with the cost-of-living crisis, those responsible for their financial hardship are being showered with tens of thousands of pounds of tax-payers cash.

"If any of these disgraced former Conservative Ministers had a shred of integrity left they would hand these pay-outs back."

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