title: october shocker fbi has explosive information on trump conspiring with putin
text: politics vintage cars are parked in the forecourt of buckingham palace in london part of a display of  historic britishbuilt motor vehicles to commemorate queen elizabeth iis th birthday photo by afp 
  thousands of britons have signed a petition to express their outrage over queen elizabeths use of  million in taxpayers money to repair the buckingham palace 
  more than  people had signed the petition as of sunday two days after the government of prime minister theresa may allowed the royal family to repair the palace with public funds 
  the uk parliament should discuss the petition when it hits the  mark 
  on friday the chancellor of the exchequer philip hammond granted the yearold queen a percent rise in funding required for the palaces refurbishment over the next  years 
  the money would be used to replace cables pipes and boilers installed  years ago to prevent a catastrophic event that might destroy the palace according to master of the queens household tony johnstoneburt 
  petitioners argued that the royals should foot the massive bill themselves given the vast extent of their wealth 
  the crown and its estates should be made to fund its own renovations wrote mark johnson who posted the petition 
  protesters said the money could be used to mend the faltering national health service nhs or help families get more affordable homes amid a housing crisis britains queen elizabeth ii rides a carriage with colombias president juan manuel santos after the ceremonial welcome at horse guards parade in central london november   photo by afp 
  it is wholly unreasonable to cut the benefits of the sick and disabled take away housing benefits from the poor and then pay for this said one signatory of the petition 
  the antimonarchy campaign group republic also took issue with the announcement denouncing it as a disgrace 
  whats worse is this appalling increase is only a small part of the annual cost of the royal family which we put at m said graham smith a member of the group 
  over the past years the uk government has been generous towards the royal family despite cutting billions in public money 
  under former treasury minister george osborne the queens sovereign grant for  was increased by  percent bringing the total to  million a year now the annual grant would be inflated by twothirds rising to  million in  
  the grant is financed by the profit coming from the royal familys  acres of land across the uk loading