North Wiltshire

The European Commission recently presented its proposal for the EU's 2013 budget.  As predicted in newspaper reports, Commissioners are seeking an increase of almost seven per cent overall. The UK contributes 12.4 per cent of the EU's spending so the proposed budget would add £898 million, bringing Britain's annual bill to £14 billion or £666 per household.   It is beyond comprehension that the Commission, in the current economic climate, have not taken the opportunity to rethink their budgetary demands. Instead the priority should be reallocation within an overall budgetary freeze or decrease, focusing on those areas that are known to be of most benefit to taxpayers.