So you think 10% (and I am being over generous as there are 28 states sharing the costs, with a percentage paying the same, close to or I think in one or two case more than the UK - I don't have time to dif up the contribution by member - and I have ballpark figure of only 6% of the member contributions being used for infrasteucture, expenses - the rest being for operational programmes, costs more than staffing and accommodating a regulatory body in its entirity, not forgetting the internal market charges across the civil service infrastructure. So lets see - I will be generous and pretend the rebate doesn't exists - 6% of £350m/week, to duplicate every regulatory body. Once UK picks up the tab for its own domestic versions of operational programmes, plus the promise of contributing towards the NHS I doubt if their will be anything left in the pot to cover this. The tax payer will be in for a shock I have no problem if the civil servants work for free, and pay for their overheads out of their own pockets. I suppose the government can chose to just crap on people who benefit from programmes that address area, regional, and individual deprivation. That's what people who vote Tory love doing most, ism't it? I don't think many people would take up the work offer, though? Maybe, the way round would be to employ the staff, make them redundant, and then make them work for free in the same jobs for their Universal Credit? That sounds a bit of a familiar scenario, doesn't it - remember the work programme?