Each British household was £299 worse off last year because of contributions to Brussels

Every British household was £299 worse off last year through contributions to the European Union budget.

This was more than double the cost of the previous year, according to Brussels accounts published yesterday.

Britain's contributions rose to £10.5 billion – up £3.8 billion or 56 per cent – following cuts to the EU rebate, agreed by Tony Blair in 2005.

The average family paid £672 towards the EU in 2010 but got back only £373, the difference between contributions to Brussels and the funding benefits.

The net loss for Britons is growing sharply, the payout more than doubled last year, up £171 from £128 in 2009. The increase is because Britain's rising share of EU expenses, is not matched by increases in farm subsidies or social funds.

In contrast, Poland paid out £2.9 billion in EU contributions but received £10.2 billion in return as regional funding flowed to the relatively poorer Eastern European country.

Britain is the fourth highest contributor to the EU behind France, Germany and Italy.

But French and Italian contributions are offset by larger returns.

A Government spokesman said: "At a time when governments are implementing tough measures to tackle their deficits, we think European public spending should also be restrained."

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Trying telling Camoron this, but he so full of himself he just won't listen! The EUSSR is bleeding us dry Dave, Which part of "bleeding us dry" don't you understand?

Our PM will go down in history as the greatest failure in modern times for allowing Britain to become a third world satellite of the EUSSR. By allowing unlimited immigration, unlimited taxation, unlimited job losses, unlimited bureaucracy and regulations. Loss of sovereignty and democracy! In short he has betrayed Britain and her people as well as the million servicemen and women who gave their lives for our independence!

th day i heard about th 'eu'i laughed

a unified europe... right... after centuries of slaughter and conquest, now everyones gonna hold hands and sing 'we are th world'... uh huh...

last attempt to unify europe was done by some funny lookin little guy w a silly moustache... what was his name again?...

well, that didnt work out, and neither will th so-called 'eu'

This article doesn't convey the true costs of the EU .
It's not £10.5billion , that is just what its cost us in contribution ALONE . The True costs are much much more. Gerard Batten MEP has researched the true costs to Britain and it comes to a staggering £77billion per annum. The common agricultural policy alone costs us £16.7 billion EU regulation costs us a truly breathtaking £48.7billion . the largest part of the EU budget 43% is spent on aid to EU members states .The second largest 41% , is on the common Agricultural and the environment . But only1.3% on Citizenship and justice , not surprisingly from and organisation that prides itself on lack of democracy.
We need this money here in the UK , the EU is all take and no give. We need our borders back, We need our Sovereignty back, we need our country back. Time to leave NOW !

It's not just about the cash contributions we make. Look at the ridiculous restrictions placed on our economy through unwanted EU regulations that are massively destroying our ability to compete in a global economy.

I have been a life long Conservative just like my father and grandfather before me but the Conservatives can't be trusted on Europe. The only party I see speaking sense these days across a whole range of areas is UKIP and that's who I'll be voting for in future.

" The average family paid £672 towards the EU in 2010 but got back only £373, the difference between contributions to Brussels and the funding benefits."

Er ... hang on, there's something not quite right here. EVERY British taxpayer ( which includes anyone paying VAT ) subscribed to this iniquitous racket, but only selected community and infrastructure projects received any payback.

Have YOU had your personal EU rebate cheque yet? Signed by that nice Uncle Barroso?

Vote UKIP!!!

FrogKillr wrote:

Vote UKIP!!!

Or decapitate your ugly inbred "royals" and try to establish a democracy.

I think it's swell that the Brits can donate that much needed money that allows Greek and Italian government workers to be able to retire at 51 years of age with lavish benefits.

telegraph.co.uk wrote:

Every British household was £299 worse off last year because of contributions to the European Union

This assertion by the Telegraph is doubly stupid.


1- it is solely budgetary.

It totally disregards all the gains in GDP the UK derives from a single market (notably for being the financial center of Europe along with Frankfurt)
I'll prove it to you in a thread tomorrow, Dewi (even though I fully expect I won't convince you )


2- the 'transfer cost while in recession' argument is extremely dumb.

It totally disregards WHY there are transfers in the first place.
The financial crisis which started in '08 has not changed the flows of Federal expenditure from US states which are net contributors to states which are net recipients.

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... do you mean £299 "contributed," or £299 confiscated? (PC, you know)




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