Councillors in Taunton are being asked to cut their annual allowance to help rescue the town's theatre which said last week that it would have to close.

BBC: Brewhouse Theatre

MEPs also receive an office allowance, a secretarial assistance allowance, an annual travel allowance of up to 4, 000 euros and 287 euros per day subsistence allowance for every day they are at the Parliament in Strasbourg, to cover hotels, taxis and food.

BBC: Diary - My week as an MEP

Their official trips to Brussels and Strasbourg are refunded, and they get a separate annual travel allowance of 4, 243 euros.

BBC: Euro MP allowances boosted again

The union also successfully disputed Mr Scargill's fuel allowance at his Barnsley home and payment for the preparation of his annual tax return but not the cost of his security system in Yorkshire.

BBC: Arthur Scargill