£17,000 severance for 36 hours in the job: How much year of political turmoil will cost taxpayers Posted on October 27, 2022 By Charlielikes Britain’s year of political turmoil could cost the taxpayer up to £726,000 in severance payments to former ministers and whips, Sky News analysis of House of Commons library data has found. news Tags:‘will, £17,000, 36, cost, for, hours,, how, in, job, much, news, of, political, severance, taxpayers, the, topnews, trending, turmoil, year