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Move out of Westminster or face 60 years of repairs, MPs warned
Restoring the crumbling Houses of Parliament could cost more than £39bn and take between 38 and 61 years to complete, parliamentarians have been told.
It's one of two proposals being considered by MPs and peers, and would see work on the building, which mostly dates from the Victorian era, completed in stages. Under the second option presented by the restoration and renewal client board, both houses would leave the Palace of Westminster for between 19 and 24 years while works take place at a cost of up to £15.6bn.
The client board, which is made up of members of the commissions of both Houses of Parliament, warned in a statement on Thursday that a decision on starting restoration work "is needed now". It said the site's fabric and services "have deteriorated and require substantial repair or replacement.
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