Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Mammoth FOI Request Reveals Army of politicians is costing taxpayers £500m a year

Army of politicians is costing taxpayers £500m a year

TAXPAYERS are shelling out £500m a year for an army of 29,000 professional politicians, according to figures released yesterday.

The total was calculated by the BBC after a mammoth freedom of information (FOI) operation to collect financial and personnel details from Westminster, Brussels, local councils and the devolved administrations.


FULL ARTICLE

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/07/14/army-of-politicians-is-costing-taxpayers-500m-a-year-91466-24145111/