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Where your tax money goes: EU costs Britain over £50m a day

Wed, 30/11/2011 - 14:18

The United Kingdom’s gross contribution to the EU has risen to a shocking £18.5 billion a year, or £51 million a day, government statistics have revealed. That’s a rise of 5.7 percent from 2009 to 2010. The figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) also show that receipts from the EU – the money we get back – fell to £8.1 billion, causing Britain’s net contribution to increase from £6.7 billion to £10.3 billion, or £28 million a day in 2010. 


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