British Prime Minister Tras held a press conference at the Downing Street official residence on the 20th to announce his resignation. He is the shortest-lived prime minister in British political history and has only been in office for only 45 days
British Prime Minister Liz Truss held a press conference at the Downing Street official residence on the 20th to announce his resignation. He is the shortest-lived prime minister in British political history and has only been in office for only 45 days. However, he still has the qualification to have a public postal allowance of 115,000 pounds (about 130,000 US dollars, 950,000 RMB) per year for the rest of his life.
media reported that despite his short term of office, Tras is still eligible for the so-called "Public Duty Costs Allowance". According to the government website, this is a government used to compensate the salary costs incurred by the Prime Minister after he stepped down from his post “due to his previous special status in public life.”
However, this caused contempt from some political opponents and demanded that the payment be refused, as they believed that Tras played insufficient role in the political and economic turmoil in the UK. Christine Jardine, spokesman for the Liberal Cabinet Office, pointed out that it is impossible to allow her to receive £115,000 a year like the previous prime ministers, who have served as prime minister for more than two years, adding that "it is an economic disaster, and the Conservative Party is making taxpayers pay for it."
This amount has been a standard expenditure since Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher resigned in 1991, including former Prime Ministers Major (John Major) and Tony Blair (Tony Blair) currently receive the £115,000 per year. As for former Prime Minister Johnson (Boris Johnson ) is also eligible for the allowance, but the amount he has received since resigning in July has not been made public. If Tras accepts it, he will become the sixth former British Prime Minister to receive a lifetime allowance.
However, there are still some provisions for this allowance. According to the guidelines issued by the Cabinet Office, the purpose is not to provide funds for the private life of the former Prime Minister, so "the allowance cannot be applied before it is needed." The former Prime Minister was unable to withdraw this amount during his tenure as the leader of the UK's main opposition party. Therefore, if the Conservative Party loses in the next general election in the UK and becomes the main opposition party, Tras will need to step down as the leader of the party to be eligible, and if Tras accepts any other public office, his allowance will be reviewed again.
