UK News 19-05-2005 who: Tony Blair what: Will receive a £2.6million pension, documents reveal where: LONDON when: This week snippet: "Under an obscure Act of Parliament, former prime ministers are entitled to a pension of half their salary as soon as they depart No 10, irrespective of their length of service," says The Telegraph. "Mr Blair does not have to contribute anything to be eligible for the scheme and if he resigned today he would receive an immediate income of £62,400 a year." Elsewhere, The Times says the Duke of York pays just over £250 a week for use of the Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park, "a 30-room Grade II listed Georgian mansion". [... more]

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