Well that's the trouble. We did. We voted out the Tories, only to get a government that now does the same or worse. It's not hard to see why people feel like giving up on politics.
@johnprichmond.bsky.socialVote them out. Replace them with something better. Or stay home and order pizza and scroll cats on Insta while demanding universal basic income and complaining about politics. But you can't have both #Democracy
![Page 192 of the Annual report
and accounts 2023 to 2024 from the UK Cabinet Office, reads:
4.1. Public Duty Cost Allowance
The Public Duty Cost Allowance was introduced to assist former Prime Ministers still active in public life. The Public Duty Cost Allowance is a reimbursement of incurred expenses for necessary office and secretarial costs arising from fulfilling public duties to a maximum of £115,000.
In addition to the Public Duty Cost Allowance paid, former Prime Ministers are entitled to claim a pension allowance to contribute towards the pension costs of their office staff. This pension allowance is limited to a maximum of 10% of their claimed Public Duty Cost Allowance.
The Rt Hon Sir John Major
2023-24 115,000
2022-23 115,000
The Rt Hon Sir Tony Blair
2023-24 115,000
2022-23 115,000
The Rt Hon Gordon Brown
2023-24 114,788
2022-23 114,627
The Rt Hon Lord David Cameron
2023-24 68,546 [superscript]11
2022-23 108,312
The Rt Hon Lady Theresa May
2023-24 113,475
2022-23 113,422
The Rt Hon Liz Truss
2023-24 101,332
2022-23 23,310
The Rt Hon Boris Johnson [superscript]12
2023-24 182,083
Staff pension costs
2023-24 26,121
2022-23 27,996
Total
2023-24 836,345
2022-23 617,667
[superscript]11 The Rt Hon Lord David Cameron stopped receiving the allowance when he was appointed the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on 13 November 2023.
[superscript]12 The Rt Hon Boris Johnson was eligible to claim the Public Duty Cost Allowance, however no claims were received in 2022 to 2023. Due to 2022 to 2023 being the first year of set up, the Cabinet Office has agreed to reimburse these costs in 2023 to 2024. All future office costs are to be claimed in-year with claims received by
31 March. 2022 to 2023 office costs amounted to £67,083.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vudloe6qtfk6nmg4fcwupcdi/bafkreiclj5yp7csoif5cuox4ksgqdeqmdv66c44z5bb2oqnaxyojefpd7q)
