Notre-Dame was restored in five years and under budget. But the Palace of Westminster? No chance | Simon Jenkins

Estimated costs have already risen from £3.5bn to £40bn. The PM should bite the bullet and relocate MPs outside London – permanentlyWhat is the most reactionary public institution in Britain, the most outdated and immune to reform? It is the one that orders us to keep changing: parliament. It is also the most wildly…

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