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Cost of each MEP soars to £2.1million

Wednesday, 24th March 2010

The proposed budget boost for the European Union will see the cost of each MEP rocket to £2.1 million.

Commenting on the record rise in expenditure, UKIP's Marta Andreasen said: "The European institutions are preaching economy for all except themselves. In difficult financial times, taxpayers are expected to dig even deeper to finance vanity projects, private cars and more junkets. How much more gravy does Europe want on the gravy train?"

According to the Daily Express, the overall cost of the bloated Euro Parliament will rocket by 6.5 per cent to an eye-watering £2.6 billion, according to a draft budget for 2010.

Read here about how taxpayers are being milked again.

See Marta Andreasen's speech to the Parliament here.