STORMONT is facing calls to reform contracts for ministers' special advisers amid outcry over 'golden handshake' severance packages worth tens of thousands of pounds. The Irish News revealed on Friday that new DUP assembly member Emma Pengelly is in line for a pay-out worth up to £45,000 after giving up her special adviser post. Before being appointed as an MLA last week she worked for eight years as a 'Spad' in the first minister's office, earning a salary of more than £90,000 when she left. There has also been controversy over special advisers who[...]