When it comes to money, the rebate she negotiated for this country from the EU has brought us so far £75 billion - which is twice the size of our annual defence budget. I think that puts money in perspective... so I think we can afford to contribute to a funeral. Lady Thatcher's family is also meeting an unspecified amount of the funeral cost Mr Hague said he believed many people on the left's biggest problem with Lady Thatcher was "they could never beat her." "They claimed to stand for millions of people but they could never get as many votes as Mrs Thatcher in an election," he said. 10.15: MPs returning from overseas visits to pay tribute to Baroness Thatcher can claim up to £3,750 in travel expenses, it was confirmed today. The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) said that, in line with normal rules, MPs were entitled to claim for their journeys back to Westminster following the recall of Parliament during the Easter recess. For any MPs who are abroad on holiday or overseas visits there is a maximum of £3,750 which they can claim back. That sum could include the cost of returning to their holiday destination if they choose to resume their break following recall. An Ipsa spokesman said that some MPs could well have been out of the country when the recall was announced and that it was "reasonable" that they should be reimbursed for the cost of returning. "If Parliament is recalled, MPs can claim the cost of getting to Parliament," the spokesman said. 10.06: Comedian Russell Brand has said he "always felt sorry" for Lady Thatcher's children Mark and Carol. Describing himself as "one of Thatcher's children" after she took over the Conservatives the year he was born and was prime minister when he was aged between four and 15, said she was "so omnipotent; so omnipresent, so omni-everything." Writing in the Guardian he said: "For a national matriarch she is oddly unmaternal. I always felt a bit sorry for her biological children Mark and Carol, wondering from whom they would get their cuddles. "Thatcher as mother" seemed, to my tiddly mind, anathema. How could anyone who was so resolutely Margaret Thatcher be anything else? Describing her as "an icon of individualism, not of feminism," he added: "Her death must be sad for the handful of people she was nice to and the rich people who got richer under her stewardship. It isn't sad for anyone else. 09.50: The manager of an Oddbins wine merchant has been suspended after promoting discounted Champagne on Twitter in the aftermath of Lady Thatcher's death. A tweet appeared on the north London store's after the news broke, reading: "If for any reason anyone feels like celebrating anything we have Taittinger available at £10 less than usual at £29. Just saying... The tweet was deleted within hours, the Broadway reported, and the staff member suspended. A link to a statement was then tweeted from the Crouch End store's account. It said: "The tweet in question was made by a member of branch staff without the approval or knowledge of the company's management. The tweet was completely inappropriate and in the worst possible taste. We would like to apologise profusely for the offence it has quite rightly caused. The member of staff responsible has been suspended with immediate effect pending a disciplinary hearing. 09.30: The Metropolitan Police's Fixated Threat Assessment Centre, which monitors disturbed individuals who are obsessed with famous figures, has a list of Lady Thatcher fanatics who it plans to monitor at her funeral. Obsessed individuals are to be vetted whilst other protesters could be banned from attending. A multimillion-pound security operation, led by the Metropolitan Police, will be in place for next Wednesday's ceremonial service, which will be attended by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. There have already been "celebrations" following Lady Thatcher's death at the age of 87 on Monday, and more are rumoured to be planned for the day of the funeral. Dai Davies, a former head of royal protection at Scotland Yard, told the Times that although remaining aware of the potential for attacks by the IRA and other terrorist organisations, police are likely to be most concerned about a "fixated person with a psychological hatred of Margaret Thatcher." Obsessed individuals may be visited to ensure that they do not pose a threat, as happened before the visit of Pope Benedict XVI in 2010. 09.15: Philip Hammond, the Defence Secretary, said it would be "very appropriate" to have a permanent memorial to Lady Thatcher in the capital. He told the BBC: "I think it would be very appropriate to have a memorial to Margaret Thatcher somewhere in London. I haven't personally given any thought yet to where that should be, but certainly the fourth plinth could be one of the options. Let's look at that in slower time, I think these things are better thought about in slightly slower time after the event. 09.10: The death of Lady Thatcher has dominated the front pages of Britain's newspapers for the second day running, here is a look at how it is being reported - 09.00: Further street parties have been planned to "celebrate" Lady Thatcher's death, including one on Saturday night in Trafalgar Square where a notorious Poll Tax riot took place in 1990 The organisers have claimed thousands will turn up, and more celebrations are set to take place next Wednesday - the same day as her funeral. On the night of her death hundreds gathered in Brixton, south London, Bristol, and Glasgow, resulting in three arrests and six police officers being injured. Labour MP for Streatham Chuka Umunna has since condemned those who took to the streets. Writing in the Sun he described the parties as "extreme bad taste" and "utterly disgraceful," adding: "Those who came to Brixton to "celebrate" the death of Baroness Thatcher do not speak for or represent the people of the area. It was a disgraceful act. The overwhelming majority of people from Brixton have nothing but sympathy for a family that has just lost a loved one. Baroness Thatcher was a global political figure, and our first and only female Prime Minister. As Ed Miliband has said, she reshaped the politics of a whole generation. Revellers with posters and bottles of milk and wine to celebrate the death of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher in Brixton, south London (Picture: REUTERS/Olivia Harris) 08.40: Lady Thatcher's political opponent Lord Kinnock is set to snub her funeral, it has been reported. The former Labour leader, who was defeated by Lady Thatcher in the 1987 election, has engagements that day and is unlikely to attend if he is invited, his office told the Sun. The guest list for next Wednesday's ceremonial funeral has not yet been finalised. The Queen has already confirmed that she will be attending. The last prime minister's funeral she attended was that of Winton Churchill. Sources have claimed that Lord Kinnock is likely to be invited. When asked if he would go an aide said: "Both of them have engagements on that day, but I would rather think not." 08.25: Jeffrey Archer has paid tribute to his "loyal, formidable friend" He said: "We have lost the greatest peacetime prime minister of the last century. She and Reagan, probably their greatest moment, and she would say this, was the defeat of communism, though she had so many. She defeated the unions when they held this country to ransom over the miners" strike. Margaret Thatcher with Jeffrey Archer in 1998. 08.20: Rupert Murdoch has praised the "brave leadership" of Lady Thatcher, claiming Britain is "far more successful" as a result of her premiership. Describing her as the "the woman who gave us back our backbone" in an opinion column for the Times, the tycoon praised her role in facing down the trade unions in the 1980s. He said she made it possible for News International to survive a year of industrial action fighting against a move of operations to Wapping, East London. Mr Murdoch said: "Mrs Thatcher understood that risk was a vital ingredient in a free enterprise society. She understood that such a society had to be led by a government with backbone. After the Second World War, in which the country lost a second generation of its finest men, Britain had created a dependency state. It killed off aspiration. In 1979 Margaret Thatcher set about its rehabilitation. She put the economy on a sound footing, she ended a culture of crippling strikes, she encouraged entrepreneurs to come here and set up their businesses. Thanks to her I have experienced in Britain many of my defining moments as a businessman, a Britain that is far more successful as a result of her brave leadership. The News International boss said he was "inspired" by Lady Thatcher who was a "risk taker" who "believed in doing the right thing." 08.10: Lady Thatcher believed that David Cameron was too popular as she thought that doing things properly would entail dislike from the public, Conservative MP Conor Burns has revealed. She criticised Mr Cameron for not being "far enough behind" Labour in the popularity stakes and believed that he should be pushing through policies despite opposition, it was said. Mr Burns, who visited Lady Thatcher on a weekly basis, told the Daily Mail he had shown her poll in November last year which put the party nine points behind - two and a half years before the next election. "She said, "That's not far enough behind at this stage." She sort of took a view that to do things that were right did entail unpopularity until people saw that what you were doing was working," he said, giving a fascinating insight into the mind of Britain's only female Prime Minister. Remembering the confidence she had in her own convictions Mr Burns added: "She sort of took a view that to do things that were right did entail unpopularity until people saw that what you were doing was working." During one of her periods of lucidity despite her bad health she also expressed disapproval of the fact that the Government was a coalition and UKIP, he said. Margaret Thatcher and David Cameron at the Great Briton awards 07.55: Sir Mark and Carol Thatcher have returned to London as their family gathers ahead of next Wednesday's funeral. The twins, 59, have not yet issued a statement on their mother's death. Sir Mark was on holiday with his wife Sarah Jane Russell in Barbados when he was informed. Carol lives in Switzerland. Sir Mark's ex-wife Diane Beckett is expected to attend the service at St Pauls. It is believed that Lady Thatcher requested that both of his wives were present before she passed away. Margaret Thatcher with her twins, Carol and Mark 07.40: London Mayor Boris Johnson has described Lady Thatcher as "brave," "principled" and "electric" as he tries to explain to those too young to remember what she meant for the country. Writing for the Telegraph he said: " I cannot think of any other modern leader who has been so fierce in sticking up for her core beliefs, and that is why she speaks so powerfully to every politician in Britain today, and why we are all in her shade.