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It was said on the website that staff at the Conservative-run council sold 3,800 days of annual leave last year at a cost to the council taxpayer of £531,205. More than 650 employees took advantage of the perk to sell back an average of a week of holiday entitlement, a 34% increase on the previous year.

A spokesman for KCC said: “We offer people some flexibility with their leave as part of our benefits package. However, this flexibility is discretionary – the council can turn down a request.

“We insist that people working for us keep at least 20 days for time away from work before agreeing to sell any leave.”