David Miliband has been handed an annual pay package of more than $1.25million (£1million) by an aid charity heavily funded by British taxpayers – although it is cutting jobs and programmes after plunging into the red.
The ex-Labour Foreign Secretary‘s salary from the International Rescue Committee (IRC) – given at least £33million last year by the Government to alleviate poverty and assist refugees – is disclosed in data sent to US tax authorities.
It reveals that Mr Miliband – who hit out at ‘immoral’ fat-cats during his failed bid for the Labour leadership – collected $1,253,728 in 2022 as president and chief executive: almost six times more than Sir Keir Starmer is paid to run the country.
Although Mr Miliband’s mega pay package included a $150,000 bonus, he has had to warn staff about the need for ‘rigorous prioritisation of spending’ after the charity suffered a $50million deficit this year due to accounting failures and overspending.
MPs have condemned his salary,…