Latest news from the Commission on the budget of the EU makes welcome reading. Here are some of the facts:
- Spending on measures linked directly to jobs, growth and competitiveness rose to a record 40 per cent of the budget, or €46.6 billion.
- Spending on research rose 9 per cent to €6 billion
- The [...]

The latest figures on the EU budget and the UK’s contribution towards it show that the cost is going up.  A forecast published by the Treasury just before the summer recess showed that this year’s net contribution will be £4.1 billion, up from an earlier forecast of £3.3 billion, and in 2010-11 it will be [...]