UK Spends Much More Than the Rest of the EU Combined on Bloated Procurement Contracts
August 21, 2017
August 21, 2017
LONDON, Aug. 21 -- The TaxPayers' Alliance issued the following news release:
The UK spends vastly more than the rest of the EU combined on large procurement contracts, and much less on smaller ones, research finds.
* The United Kingdom published 167 contract award notices on contracts worth EUR100 million or above.
* France published 29, Italy 25 and Germany 5.
* These are worth altogether EUR73.77 billion and accounted for 52 per cent of such . . .
The UK spends vastly more than the rest of the EU combined on large procurement contracts, and much less on smaller ones, research finds.
* The United Kingdom published 167 contract award notices on contracts worth EUR100 million or above.
* France published 29, Italy 25 and Germany 5.
* These are worth altogether EUR73.77 billion and accounted for 52 per cent of such . . .