Taxpayer foots £2.7million bill to subsidise MPs’ bars and restaurants after costs rise by £200,000

‘Taxpayers pumped £2.7million into subsidising bars and restaurants at the House of Commons last year.
The net costs of the exclusive venues on the parliamentary estate rose by £200,000 compared to the previous 12 months.
The 8 per cent increase is likely to fuel anger about the continuing scale of the cash injection.
But the Commons authorities blamed the EU referendum, rising inflation, and the Westminster terror attack.
One of the most controversial elements of the catering at the House is that alcohol prices are kept artificially low.
In April this year the cost of a pint of beer at the Commons bars was nudged up by just 1.5 per cent to £3.35 – well below the 2.7 per cent CPI inflation rate at the time.’
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