severance

Before she left, Helen says she was given cash which, at the time, she thought was a normal severance procedure - now she thinks it was to keep her quiet.

The company offered up to $15,000 to cover relocation expenses, or six months of severance pay for those who chose not to move.

"We are in the early stages of developing a proposed voluntary severance scheme and are awaiting a response from the trade unions to our invite to discuss," they said.

A union said staff faced "stress" and "anxiety" and it comes as Bangor University wrote to its staff offering voluntary severance after a drop in student numbers.

The issue of her severance pay and what’s understood as her ambition for the House of Lords are still hanging around.