Taxpayer deserves to know extent of Jackson's loss, says MHK

Tuesday, 25 November 2014 00:00

A backbench MHK says taxpayers deserve to know how much money this year's Jackson's concert lost.

Onchan representative David Quirk will be raising the issue once again in today's House of Keys sitting.

The exact figure has not been released with claims that it would go against contractual agreements with the group's agents.

Mr Quirk told us he thinks this shouldn't be the case:

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