A union is claiming the bill for the Manx government's severance pay to workers recently made redundant could total ?1 million.
As five employees laid off from the Isle of Man Railways formally drop-off the payroll, along with 17 others, Unite says the maths just don't add up.
The union's regional officer on the Island is Steve Salter:

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