In a new revelation, the British government has paid £457,000 in compensation to Tom Scholar, who served as the finance ministry’s top civil servant until his ousting when Liz Truss became Prime Minister last year. The compensation details were disclosed in the government’s latest accounts on Thursday.
Scholar departed from his role on September 8, shortly after Liz Truss appointed Kwasi Kwarteng as the finance minister following a Conservative Party leadership campaign that had criticized the finance ministry for sluggish economic growth. At the time of his departure, Scholar stated that Kwarteng had opted for new leadership at the Treasury.
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