A ‘GAGGING order’ has been imposed on all 46 Teignbridge councillors over details of their boss Nicola Bulbeck’s generous leaving package.

The council’s CEO, who leaves today after 11 years in the hot seat, will be riding off into the sunset with a farewell handshake worth more than a quarter-of-a-million pounds.

It is understood that she has been given £130,000 redundancy pay and £130,000 towards her pension – but councillors have been sworn to secrecy over the amounts involved. Read the full story in this week’s paper, out today.