By MICHAEL LEA
European Correspondent
A LIMO service for pampered MEPs is being upgraded at a cost of almost £1MILLION a year.
An extra 25 vehicles will be added to the 72-strong fleet which ferries MEPs around in style.
Each new chauffeur-driven car will cost taxpayers an extra £38,454.
But MEPs will still get a £36-a-week taxi allowance, brought in to AVOID the need for more cars.
The limo service already costs £2.4million a year. And incredibly, the upgrade is down to complaints from just seven members.
Tory MEP Chris Heaton-Harris said: “This is a frivolous waste of taxpayers’ money.”
Austrian MEP Hans-Peter Martin said: “It’s a typical example of the ongoing waste. Enough is never enough for them.”
When the taxi cash was introduced, a parliament spokesman claimed: “Without this, we’d have to buy more cars and hire more chauffeurs.
“This very modest allowance is actually an economy measure.” | 
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