On Saturday June 25 Republic will be staging a protest outside Buckingham palace to challenge the continuing scandal of royal spending, despite the Royal Parks agency banning the demo.
Staff at the agency have refused to [read more]
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Just last week the government announced billions of pounds of cuts to public spending, cuts to public sector jobs, the scrapping of Child Trust Funds and increases in taxation – now we hear the palace [read more]
There’s been a huge furore over the introduction of the so-called “55% rule”, but many have simply missed the point.
Firstly, the 55% rule only applies to votes on dissolution, not confidence, so a government [read more]
The Express today reports that Gordon Brown has no intention of increasing the civil list payment before the general election.
The Buckingham Palace annual financial report is now online and we want you to help us analyse it.
We say it time and time again: the cost of the monarchy is a secondary issue. If it was free, the cost to our democracy would still be too dear. But the the truth is [read more]
The Public Accounts Committee published its report into the occupied royal palaces today. The report recommends that Buckingham Palace should extend its opening hours to fund much-need repairs.
Monarchists usually expect us to say that [read more]
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