Huge sums Mail campaigned against

Jane Portman, of Bournemouth Borough Council, and Debbie Ward, of Dorset County Council, will each receive a package of £473,000 when their councils merge with seven others next month

Chris West, executive director of resources for Coventry Council, was given £448,230 when he took early retirement in 2015

NHS managers and married couple Karen Straughair and Chris Reed, pictured, received a total of almost £1 million in 2013 Katherine Kerswell received £420,000 in 2012 after just 20 months at Kent County Council. In 2013, she was handed a £140,000-a-year job by the Cabinet Office to help reform the Civil Service