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Rejected petition Stop the extra pay-off to David Cameron's advisors

David Cameron has personally authorised extra payment to his advisors despite Civil Service advice

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In his letter, Mr Manzoni said special advisers - temporary civil servants who work directly for ministers and are able to provide more political advice than their Whitehall colleagues - were entitled to four and a half months of pay when they lost their jobs.

"I do not believe there is a case for awarding higher sums than those for which the contract allows," he wrote.

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