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The cost of e-mailing 1.8m people 27 Feb 2007

When Tony Blair e-mailed 1,791,942 people about his transport policy last week, it cost tax payers an estimated £6,000. If he'd posted a letter to them instead, the price would have risen to £427,378.17p (excluding the cost of letters and envelopes).

Head over to BBC News Magazine for a breakdown of these calculations.

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