SHAFAQNA (Shia International News Association) — BRITISH taxpayers paid a record £19.2BILLION to the EU last year — £53million every day.
Official stats reveal our payments to Brussels rose by around £1.7billion in the last two years.
We get £8.4billion back in subsidies, but our net contribution in 2011 was still a record £10.8billion — up from £6.8billion in 2009. The rise was fuelled by the last Labour Government’s decision to sacrifice a big chunk of our EU rebate.
UKIP leader Nigel Farage called the rise “astonishing”, adding: "We know the costs of Europe. What are the benefits?—www.shafaqna.com/english
