Government sneaks out bombshell memo showing David Cameron gave his aides a £283k golden goodbye

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Government sneaks out bombshell memo showing David Cameron gave his aides a £283k golden goodbye

Government sneaks out bombshell memo showing David Cameron gave his aides a £283k golden goodbye
The ex-PM defied civil service and legal advice in a move one union called 'the kind of cronyism that gives politics a whiff of corruption'  David Cameron overruled official advice to give his aides a massive goodbye gift David Cameron gave his aides a £283,000 golden goodbye in one of his last acts as Prime Minister, bombshell memos sneaked out during the Cabinet reshuffle reveal.

A letter quietly uploaded to the government's website yesterday reveals he overruled legal advice and one of Britain's most senior civil servants to give his chums the generous payout. Mr Cameron used a rare 'ministerial direction' to get his way - a move one union called "the kind of cronyism that gives politics a whiff of corruption".

The move concerns special advisers (Spads), taxpayer-funded political aides who automatically lose their jobs when their minister or shadow minister steps down. Letters show Mr Cameron wanted to increase a severance package for Spads who have been in place since before last May from 4.5 months' pay to 6 months' pay.

But Cabinet Office chief John Manzoni warned this went beyond their contracts, would cost £282,892 and could cost far more when applied to 30 similar staff across Whitehall. "Legal advice supports this position," he wrote. "My strong advice is that we continue to abide by the provisions in their contracts of employment." David Cameron's letter overruling legal advice and a top civil servant

The Prime Minister was warned his plan would raise the total severance bill for No10 alone from £747,045 to £1,029,938 and now sets a precedent for long-serving staff. But he overruled the Permanent Secretary and the legal advice and went ahead with it on Wednesday - just hours before handing his resignation to the Queen. His principal private secretary Simon Case said the Spads had lost their jobs "through no fault of their own".David Cameron waved goodbye and the bombshell memo appeared online the next day

He added: "The termination of their employment has been sudden and unexpected. "He [Mr Cameron] does not wish to exacerbate an already difficult and uncertain time for them by inferring that their long and loyal service is not fully recognised." A Public and Commercial Services union spokesman said: "We're appalled that Cameron would seek to reward his political staff in this way, as civil servants have been told they must face further cuts to their redundancy terms. "It's that kind of cronyism that gives politics a whiff of corruption and erodes public trust."