This is Cornwall report:

THE CONTROVERSIAL former chief executive of the Council of the Isles of Scilly pocketed more than £200,000 after taking early retirement earlier this year, it has emerged.

Philip Hygate’s £204,000 “golden goodbye” included a year’s salary, removal costs and a generous sum added to his pension pot, according to the council’s annual accounts.

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