fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days agoMore than 8m of public money spent on subsidies for former PMs
More than 8m of taxpayers' money has been spent on funding the public lives of former prime ministers over the last three decades, a Guardian analysis has found. All former PMs are able to claim up to 115,000 a year until the end of their lives in a subsidy to enable them to contribute to public life after they have left Downing Street.
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