Short money
- (in Britain) the annual payment made to Opposition parties in the House of Commons to help them pay for certain services necessary to the carrying out of their parliamentary duties; established in 1975Compare Cranborne money
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named after the Rt Hon. Edward Short MP, Leader of the House of Commons in 1975
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