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BRITISH parliamentary democracy and local government costs each taxpayer GBP8 a year for the wages of politicians and their advisers, new research has revealed.
The number of politicians and their advisers on the UK public payroll now tops 29,000, according to figures released to the BBC. The number includes councillors, MPs, peers, MEPs, members of the Scottish Parliament and Welsh and Northern Ireland assemblies and their staff. Their total cost is estimated at more than GBP499m for the year 2007/8.See the full content of this document
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Politicians Cost Each Taxpayer Gbp8 a Year, Study Finds
The figures suggests the number of politicians has increased tenfold in 30 years largely as...
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