Buckingham Palace

The undergo of the Buckingham palace is about the amount of money that will be spent on the refurbishment and the money issue to the tax payers.

To introduce a short history of the Buckingham palace, the building was constructed and completed in 1850's and remolded in 1913. The building was firstly used by Queen Victoria and has not been redecorated since 1952.

The refurbishment that needs to be done is long overdue and from the maintenance survey they could tell that there has not been any updates since the 1950's, the building is found to be at a point in risk from electronics, plumbing and heating system. The total amount cost of the refurbishment resulted to be of £369 million, which is quite of a high amount to pay.

From my findings, it was said that the queen only spends 1/3 of her working year at the Buckingham palace.

In the Buckingham palace there are 775 rooms including, 19 state rooms, 52 royal and guest rooms, 92 offices, 78 bathrooms, 188 staff bedrooms and the garden that is the largest private garden in London.

The refurbishment that needs to be done are, a 33 year old boilers, 60 years old of a 100 miles electrical cable and a 20 miles of lead and cast iron pipework. The queen will still remain in residence during the refurbishment that will start in April 2017 and finishes in 2027.

The controversy and debate about this highlight is that Tory Government wants to reduce the parliament minister from 59 to 53, all this is to save more money for the Buckingham Palace. While Hannah Bardell said that although Tory Government is debating ''whether to cut the number of elected representatives in a cost saving measure'' rather, the steps should be taken to maintain and restore such buildings for people who finds it really hard to grasp the millions and restore their residential places. But the belief in Tory is to leave the poorest in the society, suffering.

In my opinion behind this situation, what I find unfair is to the lower class, that have an average payment and from 15% they have to pay 25% of the tax, until the ending of the Buckingham palace refurbished, that will last until 2027.

From my perspective the people that are taking care of the cost that needs to be payed, is not fair for the lower class families that are working so hard and doing their best to pay all the expenses and errands with just minimum amount of money. Adding more to this that I don't agree with is, from what Helen Goodman from the Parliament minister member that takes in charge of the Treasury Committee said that ''the government has stopped providing grants for the building of social housing to rent and yet the grant will be straightforward to the Buckingham palace''. (C.Davies, 2016)




Reference:

Caroline Davies, 2016. 'Buckingham Palace to undergo 'essential' £370m refurbishment'. [online] Available at: <https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/nov/18/buckingham-palace-to-undergo-370m-refurbishment> [Accessed on 10th January 2017]

UK, 2016. 'Buckingham Palace to get £369 million refurbishment'. [online] Available at: <http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38025513> [Accessed on 10th January 2017]