'preposterous' loss of office payments to ousted executives

The Co-op has come under fire for dishing out almost £3million to a clutch of ousted executives. The ‘loss of office’ payments include more than £1million for its former human resources chief Rebecca Skitt, who was placed on gardening leave in February.The awards were branded ‘preposterous’ last night by campaigners and emerged as the Co-op Group confirmed a £2.5billion loss last year......Read more here