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The poverty campaigner who walked away with £500k of poor kids' cash

THE head of a charity set up to tackle poverty in one of the poorest parts of Scotland has been given a golden goodbye worth £500,000 by Labour councillors, the Sunday Herald can reveal.

GERA was set up to tackle poverty in areas such as Dalmarnock
GERA was set up to tackle poverty in areas such as Dalmarnock

Ronnie Saez landed a package worth around six times his salary after being made redundant from his post as chief executive of Glasgow East Regeneration Agency (GERA).

His exit deal comprised a "severance payment" of £42,000 and a £470,000 boost to his pension, which included a discretionary £208,000.