Thousands of people have shared a claim that it costs the government £17 million a year to subsidise food for MPs in Parliament. This is not true.
This is completely inaccurate. As we have, catering services on the parliamentary estate are effectively subsidised by the taxpayers at a cost of millions of pounds each year. However, the yearly total is significantly lower than £17 million and catering services are offered to thousands of people working there—not just MPs.
False or misleading claims about politicians have the potential to affect people’s opinions of individuals, parties or how they choose to vote. We often see these types of claims spread widely online.The post doesn’t give a source for the figure of £17 million per year, so we can’t say exactly where this claim comes from. However,in May 2022 that £17 million was spent subsidising food and drink in the House of Commons specifically over a period of three years.
In the same three years, it also reported that a further £8 million had been spent subsidising food and drink at the
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