MPs’ pay set to rise AGAIN from April – this time to £76,011 in the second hike since the General Election

MPs pay will get a £1,049 pay hike from April in their second rise since the last General Election.

Their salaries will go up overall - before expenses - from £74,962 to £76,011.

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Despite a public sector pay rise cap of one percent until 2019, MPs will see their take swell by 1.4 per cent this year.

It comes on top of a similar rise last spring that sparked uproar.

And in 2015 all Members of Parliament received a backdated 10 per cent pay rise from £67,060 to £74,000.

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Theresa May distanced herself from the rise, saying it was a "matter for MPs."

Her spokesman said MPs' pay was set by an independent body.

The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority said today that the hike was “in line with our determination on MPs’ pay, published in July 2015, where we committed to adjusting MPs’ pay for the rest of this Parliament at the same rate as changes in public sector earnings published by the Office of National Statistics.”

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Ex-Chancellor George Osborne froze public sector pay for three years in 2010 before capping salary hikes at one per cent.

IPSA is responsible for setting and administering MPs’ pay and pensions, independently of both Parliament and Government.

Government ministers get more pay ON TOP of that cash.

John O'Connell, Chief Executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: "Taxpayers will struggle to understand why the cap on pay increases that applies to the wider public sector doesn't apply to parliamentarians.

"With the nation’s books far from balanced and the Government rightly seeking to get the country living within its means again, pay restraint is essential across all arms of the state."

Do MPs really deserve £76k a year?

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