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    IN the past year judges claimed £32 million in expenses, which included air fares, first-class rail travel and even 20p a mile if they cycled to work, as well as accommodation and other general costs. Judges can even qualify to have a whole year's salary paid to them as a one-off sum to help them move up the housing ladder if their work means they have to move to a pricier area of the UK.

    Judges have what has been called a "diamond-encrusted" pension. After 20 years they can retire on a pension of half their salary - and don't have to contribute anything to pay for it. It means one in six retired judges currently draws a pension of more than £67,000 and on average a retired judge gets £54,000.

    A judge can start on a salary of £103,000, rising to £173,000 for a High Court judge and £240,000 for the nation's top judge the Lord Chief Justice.

    Last year the total pay bill for all judges in England and Wales came to £290 million. Many of them earn more than the Prime Minister's £142,500 a year.

    The properties, some staffed by butlers, cooks, gardeners and chauffeurs, cost £5 million a year in 2008, despite Government efforts to cut costs.

    THE top 11 judges in the country sit in the newly established Supreme Court in the Middlesex Guildhall in Westminster. It cost £57.6 million to set up, with almost £100,000 spent on artworks alone and has annual running costs of £6 million.

    Judges are appointed and promoted by the Judicial Appointments Commission, which costs £7 million a year to run.

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