Scrap the Sovereign Grant

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If you agree please sign and share on social media if you like.

The Sovereign Grant needs to be scrapped and the monarchy funded through proper annual budgeting, in line with the normal processes used for funding all other public bodies.

The Sovereign Grant is a nonsensical way to fund any public body. The funds come from the Treasury but are linked to the profits of the Crown Estate. There is a 'ratchet' clause that means once the Grant has gone up it can't go back down.

The result has been a massive increase in the grant over the past ten years, while public services are cut and jobs lost. The monarchy should be funded on the basis of need and budgets should be scrutinised and set annually, as they are for other institutions.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/552304

Do you know the Royals are over publicly funded as well as Sovereign Grant they get security paid for all the houses 19 round the clock £100 million the metropolitan police pay for that local Councils pay £1000s for there visits, walk abouts

They spend public money as if it's their own on various transports as for their private interests.

PC gets £20 million from the Duchy which should go to treasury. They pay no corporation tax or capital gains tax on that though it's run like a billion pound corporation giving them an unfair advantage The Queen gets a similar amount from the Duchy of Lancaster So all in all they are all doing extremely well out of the tax payer.

Hi Mums Netters

Would you consider the monarchy having a annual budget costed rather than a Sovereign Grant which always goes up never down and isn't based on need? If you are then you can sign the petition and share it if you like on social media.

Is anyone interested in this post to sign a petition to scrap the Sovereign Grant and replace it with an annual budget that's based on need? A fairer system?

No, because the accounts of the sovereign grant are published, and there is public scrutiny of the public funds spent by the head of state.

And because it's a remarkable good deal for the tax payer - the revenue of the Crown Estate (which is voluntarily surrendered by the Queen to her government) is invariably much higher than the grant.

The tax position of the estates has evolved over time and possibly may continue to change. It is based on the idea that taxes are paid to the State, snd administered by the Government on behalf of the Head of State, and that monarch does not therefore pay tax to themselves.

@EdithWeston

No, because the accounts of the sovereign grant are published, and there is public scrutiny of the public funds spent by the head of state.

And because it's a remarkable good deal for the tax payer - the revenue of the Crown Estate (which is voluntarily surrendered by the Queen to her government) is invariably much higher than the grant.

The tax position of the estates has evolved over time and possibly may continue to change. It is based on the idea that taxes are paid to the State, snd administered by the Government on behalf of the Head of State, and that monarch does not therefore pay tax to themselves.

Perhaps you'd like to read this and get a real picture of the true cost of Royal Expenses

www.republic.org.uk/sites/default/files/Royal-Expenses-Report-2017_0.pdf

There has been a massive increase in the grant over the past ten years, while public services are cut and jobs lost. The monarchy should be funded on the basis of need and budgets should be scrutinised and set annually, as they are for other institutions.