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15th June, 2009, 06:35 AM
unbelievable !!
FORMER Labour leader Neil Kinnock and wife Glenys have pocketed ?10MILLION on the Brussels gravy train, it was revealed yesterday.
The couple have raked in ?5.3million in allowances and ?2.6million in wages, and will now be collecting more than ?183,000 a year from a lavish pension pot.
Details of their rich pickings emerged as Mrs Kinnock becomes Gordon Brown's Europe Minister - on a ?83,045 salary.
Figures show during 15 years as an MEP, she raked in ?775,000 in pay plus ?505,000 in daily allowances.
She also drew up to ?1.2million travel expenses, ?577,000 in office running costs and ?2.3million in staff allowances.
In nine years as an EU Commissioner, her hubby got ?1.85million in wages, ?277,000 in housing allowances and ?64,000 for "entertainment", plus a ?336,602 "golden goodbye" when he stood down in 2004.
Anti-waste campaigners also demanded to know about their housing expenses.
The system allowed them both to claim accommodation costs, despite sharing a home in the Belgian capital.
Mats Persson, of the pressure group Open Europe, said: "The EU has made them millionaires." The Kinnocks' spokesperson was unavailable for comment.
FORMER Labour leader Neil Kinnock and wife Glenys have pocketed ?10MILLION on the Brussels gravy train, it was revealed yesterday.
The couple have raked in ?5.3million in allowances and ?2.6million in wages, and will now be collecting more than ?183,000 a year from a lavish pension pot.
Details of their rich pickings emerged as Mrs Kinnock becomes Gordon Brown's Europe Minister - on a ?83,045 salary.
Figures show during 15 years as an MEP, she raked in ?775,000 in pay plus ?505,000 in daily allowances.
She also drew up to ?1.2million travel expenses, ?577,000 in office running costs and ?2.3million in staff allowances.
In nine years as an EU Commissioner, her hubby got ?1.85million in wages, ?277,000 in housing allowances and ?64,000 for "entertainment", plus a ?336,602 "golden goodbye" when he stood down in 2004.
Anti-waste campaigners also demanded to know about their housing expenses.
The system allowed them both to claim accommodation costs, despite sharing a home in the Belgian capital.
Mats Persson, of the pressure group Open Europe, said: "The EU has made them millionaires." The Kinnocks' spokesperson was unavailable for comment.