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Revealed: Taxpayers fork out £8m to subsidise Lords’ food and drink

Exclusive: Bailout comes on top of £17m spent on bars and restaurants in the House of Commons, with cut-price food for politicians

By Martin Williams
Revealed: Taxpayers fork out £8m to subsidise Lords’ food and drink
The Peers' Dining Room in the House of Lords was given a £3m subsidy | UK Parliament. All rights reserved
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The House of Lords has spent £8m of taxpayers' money subsidising its own bars and restaurants in the last three years, openDemocracy can reveal.

It comes on top of the £17m bailout of catering facilities in the House of Commons – bringing the total to a staggering £25m.

Every one of the 26 bars and eateries across Parliament made a financial loss over the last three years.

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