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January 7, 2009
Duke gets £280,000 of public funds for bridge over his river
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It's his land so If you build on it you pay.
Not short of a bob or two is he??
rick, newcastle, uK
Why are the rich and powerful rich and powerful? Why would the aristocracy worry about public footbridges or public transport or state schools or the health service etc? Their main purpose in life is to retain their power and wealth. The 11th Duke and his cohorts are typecast in our feudal system.
Paul Turner, Corsham, UK
How about money of this form goes towards helping the economic gloom??
j, leic, uk
Its hardly a private transaction if its tax-payers money then.
David, London,
So, just because he already has money, he isn't allowed any more? It's his land!!!!
Imagine someone building a bridge in your back garden, or on a piece of land you owned, surely you would expect compensation?
Craig, Usworth Village, England
How quaint that a 'gift' given by the royal family 400 years ago leads to tax payers today giving more money to rich people. Nothing much has changed in all that time?
PAUL, LONDON, uk