“Margaret Thatcher’s funeral cost British taxpayers an estimated £1.6 million, with a further £2 million spent on police who would have been on duty anyway, Downing Street said Thursday.  Though never likely, back-of-an-envelope newspaper guesses in the run-up to the former prime minister’s funeral last week estimated the cost at £10 million.  That inflamed far-left activists, angry at the expenditure on the Conservative titan amid the public spending cuts aimed at reining in Britain’s budget deficit.  Of the £1.6 million figure, £1.1 million went on policing and security, Downing Street said.  The remaining £500,000 was spent on ceremonial costs.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/25/thatchers-funeral-cost-british-taxpayers-2-5-million/

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