£20 Billion Bill for Redundancy Payments?

According to 'Building Design on Line'

Some 20,000 civil servants have lost their jobs in the austerity drive, but the Office for Budget Responsibility is predicting more than 600,000 could ultimately go, landing the taxpayer with a £20 billion bill.

These words form part of an article which gives details of the recent redundancy payouts made to 76 staff, reportedly some 2.7 million, after the closure of the 'Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment' - web details now archived.

A rough estimate indicates that that is less than 40K per person but BDonline gives details of senior staff receiving 6 fig payouts.

Planning also covered this.

Details seem to come originally from the Daily Telegraph with 139 comments posted