The Isles of Scilly Council has refused to release information under the Freedom of Information act detailing how much their leaving chief executive was paid off. 

Scilly Today report:

The Council of the Isles of Scilly has refused to disclose further details of the leaving package paid to outgoing chief executive, Philip Hygate.

Mr Hygate announced his early retirement on January 10th, ten weeks after being suspended from his role. He is expected to leave the islands on April 2nd.

Under a Freedom of Information request submitted two weeks ago, Radio Scilly asked for details of all payments made to Mr Hygate as part of his leaving package.

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Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.