Liz Truss becomes the shortest serving Prime Minister in UK history after leaving office earlier today, but one thing that will probably help her stomach the shame is the stacks of cash she’ll be counting every year from now on.

Despite being PM for only 44 days (and getting her butt whooped by that lettuce in the process), Truss will be able to claim £115,000 a year for expenses if she chooses to. This is despite already being a multi-millionaire – she’s worth £8.4m according to Money Transfers…

This is due to something called the Public Duties Cost Allowance (PDCA) which allows ex-prime ministers to claim money back to cover expenses in their life after Downing Street. How convenient is that eh?

Set up in 1991 after the departure of Margaret Thatcher, the PDCA is something that has been (and still is) fully utilised by Prime Ministers of the past. According to National World, four out of five ex-PMs claimed back over £100,000 during the 2020/21 financial year.

John Major and Tony Blair both claimed the maximum amount of £115,000 in the year, while Gordon Brown claimed £114,712 and David Cameron took £113,423. The only PM not to claim close to the upper limit of £115,000 was Theresa May, who claimed £57,832 on top of the MPs salary she also received for sticking to her day job in the Commons. Fair play for being the least greedy ex PM I guess?

Meanwhile, it looks as though Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak will battle it out to replace Liz Truss in the Tory leadership contest. Guess who emerged as the top choice for successor at a poll of Tory Party members earlier this week? That’s right – Boris. Is a snap election totally out of the question?

For the man who spotted Boris Johnson’s face in his chicken korma earlier, click HERE. Could that be a sign?