Almost £250,000 paid to civil servants who've left government

Almost £250,000 has been paid out to civil servants who have left government in the last two months.

Figures released by the Chief Minister show that 80 have resigned, retired or been dismissed from their position since May 10 2022. 

The salary of those employees amounted to over £3.3m, and a total of £233,781 was paid out upon their departure from government. 

31 out of the 80 civil servants are below state retirement age but are now entitled to draw a public service pension.