MPs' salaries pass £65,000 after 1.5% rise

[Seatherny]

Just read it on the radio.

A backbench MP’s basic salary is currently £64,766. The pay rise will take that to £65,737.

The pay deal was confirmed as MPs voted (btw this includes CONSERVATIES AND LIB DEMS) to reform the way the Commons works, giving backbenchers more power over parliamentary business and replacing the term “chairman” with “chair.”

The pay rise has not yet been formally put to MPs, who spent Thursday voting on changes to Commons rules.

A spokesman for Speaker John Bercow confirmed that he was sent a letter by the SSRB’s chairman Bill Cockburn but said Mr Bercow was powerless to stop the pay rise coming in.

‘His only role in all this is opening the envelope’.

The bloody MP's should have a maximum salary of £35,000 exc expenses which should only cover travel, office etc. Not bloody food "/ and TV's.

[-:Undertaker:-]

They deserve it lets be honest, I mean after we (the nasty public) took away their expenses they must be struggling to scrape a living on their £60k+ salaries. Anyway back to the real world; the Speaker John Bercow who was elected to 'clean up parliament' has clearly failed and we pretty much knew he would because he also was involved in expenses fiddling. The sooner he (looks likely now with last weeks events) is thrown out and the rest of them at the General Election the better. Then it'll be off to the EU to recieve fantastic pay + golden plated pensions (ontop of the ones they already have gained from being MPs). The cycle has no end for these corrupt cretins.

[Seatherny]

Problem is they vote. Obviously they will always vote in their own favour.

They should have a fixed salary. Their jobs arent exactly hard. Our local MP just gets his photo taken and puts it through our door.
If they want the job, they should take it because they want to make a change. Right now they do it because of that healthy salary.

[Alkaz]

MP's are to give the people or their towns a voice in parlament, if they were really in it to give us a voice then why do they seem to keep ignoring 'us'. Dont give them what they want, give us what we want and perhaps a decent honest MP from each town will actualyl come forward to do us some good for a change?

[-:Undertaker:-]

Problem is they vote. Obviously they will always vote in their own favour.

They should have a fixed salary. Their jobs arent exactly hard. Our local MP just gets his photo taken and puts it through our door.
If they want the job, they should take it because they want to make a change. Right now they do it because of that healthy salary.

The problem is that nowadays we have career politicians who have never done a real days work in their life and only aim to better themselves (the likes of Tony Blair & David Cameron as prime examples). The voting point is totally correct aswell and thats another reason why major issues in this country aswell as lower down issues should be decided via referendum and not by the ruling elite, who are totally out of touch as shown by yet another disgusting self-reward they have given themselves.

[Seatherny]

The problem is that nowadays we have career politicians who have never done a real days work in their life and only aim to better themselves (the likes of Tony Blair & David Cameron as prime examples). The voting point is totally correct aswell and thats another reason why major issues in this country aswell as lower down issues should be decided via referendum and not by the ruling elite, who are totally out of touch as shown by yet another disgusting self-reward they have given themselves.

Firemen and Police put their lives at risk to save others and get paid peanuts. MP's show their faces, get a photo take and have everything paid for them and get a huge salary. I don't think they spend much of their salary as they don't need to.

Sounds about right to me.

[Jordy]

To be fair, I heard that this pay rise is going to be categorically rejected so I don't really see this as significant. Perhaps a sign that they are getting with the times finally.

You both do raise some interesting points about their salary and career politicians though, I can't say I've formed an opinion on it yet though.

[kk.]

Considering CPI (inflation) was roughly 1.5% for the whole of last year, I'm more than fine with them having a pay rise. You wouldn't like to be earning less than you were a year ago would you...

[-:Undertaker:-]

Considering CPI (inflation) was roughly 1.5% for the whole of last year, I'm more than fine with them having a pay rise. You wouldn't like to be earning less than you were a year ago would you...

Well considering they (over half) fiddled expenses and were on £60k+ to begin with, I dont think what they like and dislike really matters that much.

[kk.]

Well considering they (over half) fiddled expenses and were on £60k+ to begin with, I dont think what they like and dislike really matters that much.

Yes ok, the expenses scandal was bad, but Thats just basically saying that half the population would hav done exactly the same in there situation. And what about the other half too who hadnt fiddled with them, do they deserve a pay cut? Er, no.