MPs’ pay set to rise AGAIN from April – this time to £76,011 in the second hike since the General Election
Despite a public sector pay rise cap of one percent until 2019, MPs will see their pay swell by 1.4 per cent this year
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.
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.
MPs' pay over time
April 2010: £65,738
April 2013: £66,396
April 2014: £67,060
May 2015: £74,000
April 2016: £74,962
April 2017: £76,011
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.”
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.