National briefs: Political costs

Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England), April 23, 2008

TAXPAYERS are paying political parties to the tune of up to pounds 1.75bn between each general election, says a study from Brunel University. The public subsidies to politicians have ballooned over the last four decades as the costs of MPs', Euro-MPs' and councillors' expenses and advisers have soared, it said. The total also includes free TV ads.

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