EU budget hike hits Brits

EURO MPs have defied David Cameron to ram through an eye-watering EU budget hike that will cost every British household an extra £42.

The Brussels parliament voted for a 6.8 per cent rise in Europe-wide spending that leaves the UK having to fork out an additional £886million.

Led by the PM, the leaders of seven major EU countries, including France and Germany, are insisting on only a 2.79 per cent rise. It creates a deadlock between EU ministers and the parliament. Showdown talks take place next month.

UKIP MEP Marta Andreasen dubbed the hike “an outrageous insult to Europe’s hard-pressed taxpayers”.

She added: “Austerity is not something that troubles a cosseted Eurocrat.” In a double blow to Mr Cameron, the European parliament also pushed for a five per cent hike in its seven-year budget to 2020.