{"id":122293,"date":"2023-12-19T10:39:17","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T10:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/?p=122293"},"modified":"2023-12-19T10:39:17","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T10:39:17","slug":"mps-set-to-receive-whopper-6000-pay-rise-from-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/politics\/mps-set-to-receive-whopper-6000-pay-rise-from-next-year\/","title":{"rendered":"MPs set to receive whopper \u00a36,000 pay rise from next year"},"content":{"rendered":"

PMQs: Starmer and Sunak clash on cost of living crisis as ‘UK families to be poorer than Polish by 2030’<\/h3>\n

MPs will be having a very merry Christmas this year after it emerged they are set for a huge \u00a36,000 pay rise from April next year.<\/p>\n

Despite the ongoing cost of living crisis and record high tax burden, MPs will be made nearly \u00a393,000 a year from 2024, a significant rise from their \u00a365,700 pay packets in 2010.<\/p>\n

Peers will also see a bump in their daily tax-free allowance, which they pocket from merely turning up, from \u00a3342 to \u00a3366.<\/p>\n

The proposed 7.1 percent hike is higher than the 5-7 percent rises offered by the Government to the rest of the public sector, including teachers, doctors and dentists, civil servants, police, the armed forces, and justice staff.<\/p>\n

MP pay is set by the independent body IPSA, which has been responsible since the expenses scandal in 2009.<\/p>\n

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The Sun reports that the rate of public sector earnings as of October 2023 is being used by the body to set next year\u2019s salaries.<\/p>\n

Despite the process being independent, MPs will face pressure to lobby IPSA for a smaller pay rise during such difficult economic times for the rest of the country.<\/p>\n

The campaigning body Taxpayer\u2019s Alliance has warned MPs to \u201cthink long and hard\u201d.<\/p>\n

John O’Connell, chief executive of the think tank said: \u201cThe costly Christmas present will infuriate struggling taxpayers.<\/p>\n

“Politicians have delivered a year of sluggish growth and a still-growing tax burden.<\/p>\n

“Elected officials should think long and hard as to whether they deserve such a bumper pay rise.\u201d<\/p>\n

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