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		Labour has given away more of our money to the EU Tuesday, 15th September 2009 Letter to London local newspapers Sir Recent news that the UK's EU contribution will rise by 60 percent shows the importance of having a British government that will fight our corner in Brussels. Unfortunately we are still paying the price for Labour's decision in 2005 to surrender seven billion Pounds of the British rebate between 2007 and 2013. Worse still, the Labour government is not surrendering the rebate evenly across the EU's seven year budget. Instead they have 'backloaded' it so that a disproportionate amount is being lost in the second half of the EU budget cycle - meaning that next year every household will contribute £260 to the EU. We can all agree on the need for a government that delivers better value for money across the public sector. Unfortunately, Labour has given away more of our money to the EU without anything in return. In the European Parliament I will campaign for the EU's budget to be more accountable and to focus on the priorities of the taxpayers. In the meantime, we need a government that will demand the EU reforms itself before handing over British taxpayers' cash. Yours faithfully, Syed Kamall Conservative MEP for London