Brit taxpayers spend 500m pounds annually on 30,000 government employees!Byline: ANI London, July 14 (ANI): According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. figures revealed through Freedom of Information, British taxpayers are spending a whopping 500 million pounds on almost 30,000 government employees in a year. The breaking up of employees include 4,700 people in Westminster, 500 Members of the European Parliament European Parliament, a branch of the governing body of the European Union (EU). It convenes on a monthly basis in Strasbourg, France; most meetings of the separate parliamentary committees are held in Brussels, Belgium, and its Secretariat is located in Luxembourg. and their staff, 1,100 workers employed by devolved assemblies and 22,800 paid councilors, The Daily Star reports. The figures would certainly leave taxpayers furious, as the reputation of MPs hit an all-time low with the publication of their obscene expenses claims. "This is a vast bill that I think a lot of people will find extremely shocking when they hear about it. The fact is people don't mind paying a reasonable amount for good work but what they do mind is this huge bill that's grown very quietly without ever really consulting people," said Mark Wallace
Mark Alexander Wallace (born 19 November 1981 in Abergavenny) is a Welsh cricketer; a left-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. of the Taxpayers' Alliance The TaxPayers' Alliance is a British pressure group formed in 2004 to campaign for "a low tax society" and claims to have over five thousand supporters.[1] The Alliance claim their mission is:[2] However, he said that though the findings were shocking, the transparency had to be appreciated. "For the first time, people can look over the whole national picture of what our democracy costs in terms of politicians - and that's essential before we can work out whether we get a good deal or not," Wallace added. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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