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Millions more blown on parliamentary pantomime

21 June 2022

6:00 PM

21 June 2022

6:00 PM

Whether it’s crumbling rooftiles, weekly fire alarms being activated or bacteria in the water supplies, the creaking Palace of Westminster is all too often a perfect state-of-the-nation parable. Everyone agrees that the place needs fixing: the question is, should MPs move out to allow restoration projects to happen unencumbered?

It’s currently costing an extra £2 million a week to keep the Houses of Parliament functioning while MPs decide what to do: in 2018 they voted for a ‘full decant’ to leave while works went on but in 2020 that decision was subsequently overturned, meaning that millions spent on new temporary sites...

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