MPs are enjoying a taxpayer funded 2,000-calorie feast – to mark 250 years of Commons grub.
The commemorative five-course parliamentary banquet, running until next month, sees plates groaning with delicacies like Stilton and veal striploin.
Our analysis shows the grub tots up 2,050 calories – exceeding the recommended daily allowance for women of 2,000 calories, while men are advised not to go over 2,500 calories a day.
And MPs and staff can enjoy the meal for £65 a head because public cash is used to subsidise food and drink across the Commons.
It comes as Britain suffers the third-highest obesity level in Europe.
A nutritionist told us the five-course menu has a calorie count four times the 500 found in an average burger.
The meal begins with potted Stilton with pickled walnut and melba toast.
This is followed by a platter of seafood and then a roasted striploin of veal with whiskey sauce, then an Earl Grey tea sorbet followed by an almond brioche pudding.
A source said: “It is above the standard of many high-end restaurants.”
Last year, it was reported that taxpayers had paid £17million to subsidise food and drink across the Commons’ bars and eateries from 2018 to 2021.
