Done correctly moving Parliment out of London to a new location would improve that locations travel, communication links plus it would provide a huge boost to the local economy the Amex for example puts an extra £212 million into our local economy imagine what a new parliament would add to the...
While it's true MPs can no longer claim for a mortgage of a second home they can claim for rent so MPs instead rent out their second London homes while claiming rental allowances plus they can still claim other allowances on second homes such as utility costs, so you buy a London home and rent...
I genuinely think many MPs and those in the Lords ( where retired MPs often migrate to) have a vested interest in keeping the Houses of Parliament in London after all house prices are astronomical and if it's your second home paid for by tax payers, London has good transport and of course it has...
Maintenance costs are likley to be lower as the buildings infrastructure would need to be maintained not continually upgraded as technology directs plus The National Trust would be running the building as a visitor attraction with an income.
Moving Parliment out of London hopfully will burst...
It is indeed a beautiful and historic building but with no press rooms not enough office space for all the MPs let alone their staff, the chamber its self cannot accommodate all the MPs at the same time it's a nightmare to keep safe and a fortune to maintain I say it should be handed over to the...
I have been arguing that the current Houses of Parliament and no longer fit for purpose and spending billions on trying to make it fit is money wasted instead I proposed that a hotel conference centre be built in the Midlands by one of the large hotel chains with living acomadation office space...