MP's Pay Rise

[MOZZER2]

MPs will get a pay rise of more than £2,000 this year, the parliamentary pay watchdog has announced.


MPs will receive £2,212 more for the year from 1 April, increasing their pay by 2.7% from £81,932 to £84,144, the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) announced

worth it or not ?

[Eric Cartman]

Jesus, lots of squirming about to happen.

[Dorcus]

MPs will get a pay rise of more than £2,000 this year, the parliamentary pay watchdog has announced.


MPs will receive £2,212 more for the year from 1 April, increasing their pay by 2.7% from £81,932 to £84,144, the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) announced

worth it or not ?

Taking the piss! As if £82k pa isn't more than enough for anyone.

[Wales-Bales]

People need to keep up with the rises in the cost of living.

[Rjk]

I don't have a problem with this. it is probably less than inflation currently.

I do think that MPs pay should be reformed though to encourage better practice.

perhaps something along the lines of 2x minimum wage + median wage, so there is a direct incentive to improve the lot of most people.

or even better, MPs should get a decent salary, with large bonuses available.
an independent body could assess the impact of MPs work on a 5 year and 10 year basis, with decent bonuses available for things that benefit the country. this would encourage longer term thinking, as most MPs are just thinking as far as the next election

[life on mars]

frommBBC

Freezing pay 'risked not reflecting role'

But in a review the body says that continuing to freeze pay for the next Senedd term "will no longer fairly reflect the role" and could result in the need for a significant increase in salaries.

It has proposed that the system used prior to the freeze - indexing wages to the annual survey of hours and earnings (ASHE) in Wales - continues after the May elections.

If salaries had not been frozen the basic salary at the start of the new Senedd would have been £72,321.

Some MSs with extra responsibilities receive larger salaries.

Under the changes, the first minister would receive £151,535, his ministers would get £108,238, and deputy ministers would receive £92,003.

Chairs of committees get either £83,344 or £78,647, depending on the committee, while the presiding officer will be paid £92,003.

Political leaders of parties not in government would receive between £86,590 and £108,230, according to how many members they have in their group.