Foreign Office says it will review payoff given to Mandelson after he was sacked, after reports claim it could have be as high as £55,000
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Peter Mandelson is under increasing pressure to return the payoff he received after being sacked as ambassador to the US in September over his friendship with the late child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The taxpayer-funded payoff he received after being dismissed last year could be as high as £55,000 before tax and deductions, the Sunday Times reported, with the exit payment equivalent to three months’ salary from the Foreign Office.
Although the salary has not been publicly listed by the government, the US ambassador post usually ranks at the highest end in the diplomatic service – between £155,000 and £220,000 per year.
