Truss spent taxpayer money on CV advice for ex-staffer

Liz Truss spent 285 of taxpayer cash helping one of her staffers brush up their CV after losing her seat at the general election.

- ARCHIE MITCHELL

The former prime minister claimed the £285 sum in August - a month after her election defeat - explaining that a "staff member asked if the cost of this could be covered and took training or help to assist with their CV”.

Labour MP Terry Jermy, who took Ms Truss’s South West Norfolk seat in the July election, said the expense claim “shows yet again how she treats public finances. I’d give her former staff member some free CV advice and maybe not mention having worked for the ex-PM”.

He continued: “Liz Truss is claiming the £115,000-a-year public fund awarded to former prime ministers after only being in office for 49 days, while having crashed the economy while in No 10 after announcing £45bn of unfunded tax cuts.