Yesterday afternoon Guido worked out the total severance pay for resigned ministers had hit £120,000, as they are each entitled to 25% of their salary upon leaving office. This morning that figure is many times higher. Among these payouts will be Michelle Donelan, whose resignation after 36 hours as Education Secretary will mean she gets £16,876.25. Asked about these resignation payouts in the Commons just now, Paymaster General Michael Ellis said it is a matter of statute…

Responding to Guido’s tweet about her impending pocket-lining, ex-Education Secretary Michelle Donelan has just said she will donate it in full to charity.

If this is the case I shall be donating it in full to a local charity.

— Michelle Donelan MP (@michelledonelan) July 7, 2022

Fair play and just as well – £16,800 is around the average annual salary of a teaching assistant…