Calls for Liz Truss not to take yearly £115,000 as ex-prime minister

 

 
Sir Keir Starmer has called on Liz Truss not to claim an allowance of up to £115,000 a year that she would be entitled to after resigning as PM.
Liz Truss announced her resignation from the lectern outside No 10 on Thursday after just 45 days in the job.
It means she will now be able to claim the Public Duty Costs Allowance (PDCA), currently set at £115,000, to which all former prime ministers are entitled.
But the Labour leader said she had "not earned the right" to the allowance.
Former prime ministers are able to draw on the PDCA for any costs that arise as a result of public duties. But Sir Keir, speaking to the BBC, said: "She shouldn't take that entitlement. After 44 days she has not earned the right to that entitlement, she should turn it down."
Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey has also said she should not claim the money.
He likened the expenses allowance to a "full state state pension", telling LBC radio it was "many, many times" what workers could expect in retirement.
Their remarks follow similar calls from unions and campaigners for the prime minister to turn it down.