Anger over EU Private Army Costs.

• Anger over EU Private Army costs

  Posted March 2017.
  
  A £230 million bill for UK taxpayers including helping fund a ‘private army’ to protect EU MPs has been slammed by MEP Jonathan Arnott.
  Estimates have shown the European Parliament’s budget is rising to £1.7 billion - an above inflation increase of 3.3 per cent.
  This includes funding of a private army, known as “Unit Protection” to protect MEPs and despite voting to leave the EU British taxpayers will have to contribute £230 million towards the Parliament’s costs.
  Mr Arnott, a member of the parliament’s budget committee, said: “The European parliament’s costs continue to spiral out of control, now including a private army.”