Buster the bear
Once you have signed the VR and started your redundancy period you can leave at your will, you will get redundancy, but you will lose your notice pay, unless some other agreement is in place, by making you redundant the company is saying we don't need you, but must still given your notice or pay in lieu of notice, PIL & redundancy pay will normally be tax free up to a value of £30k a figure that has been the same for at least 20 years, a proper stealth tax