Halton Borough Council paid out £3,257,965 in redundancy and pensions ‘exit’ payments to staff last year including for five staff who each received six-figure sums.

The two largest payments in 2015-16 were to two employees who received £216,397 and £211,917 respectively.

Reported by the Liverpool Echo. You can read the full story here. 

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