Probe into payoff

The fine print of a payoff package to be paid to a council’s chief executive is being examined by the public finance watchdog, the Wales Audit Office.

The payoff, worth £330,000 for Bryn Parry-Jones, who quit his job as chief executive of Pembrokeshire council, was recently agreed by councillors.

Parry-Jones’ employment has been mired in controversy since the Wales Audit Office ruled cash payments in lieu of pension contributions to him were unlawful. He has been under pressure to resign after nearly 20 years in post following the revelations about his pension arrangements earlier this year.

Parry-Jones was the highest paid council chief executive in Wales with a salary of almost £195,000 plus benefits in kind.

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