Finally.
Having to pay for your second home with private company consultations must get tiresome.
DrIvoPingasnik on
Why are parasites that keep making things worse getting a bloody payrise?
Crowded-Wazzack on
Good. They might do something about the £100k tax trap now.
Successful-Ad-9634 on
I don’t mind paying MPs well. As long as they give up other forms of income from second jobs, paid appearances etc. And they don’t employ family members and claim their salary as expenses.
WinHour4300 on
People will moan but I would rather we pay MPs well. It helps attract capable candidates who could earn more elsewhere, makes the job accessible to those without private wealth, and reduces the risk of them turning to corruption. In the grand scheme of public spending, it’s a relatively small price for better incentives – although of course we need other controls.
martymcflown on
I used to think high MP salaries are justified to keep them focused on the job and to attract high standard of politicians. Yeah that theory has gone to the toilet… I cannot fathom how someone can get paid £110k to fail at their job consistently.
Some-Income614 on
We should pay them double that amount and hope to attract capable high performers rather than the corrupt and entitled.
WoodchipperFeetFirst on
How about they unfreeze income tax bands and student loan repayment bands when they increase their own pay.
Manovsteele on
They should pay them £200k and ban them from taking a 2nd job
Might actually get a higher caliber of individual who can actually focus their time on the job
Justnotstressed on
I want this to be the case so MPs are less inclined to take that dinner, accept those tickets, attend that event.
Less inclined to take such sum to speak at an event, or attend said fundraiser.
MPs shouldn’t be as easily manipulated as they are.
Sufficient-Brief2023 on
Don’t care about this. This is peanuts compared to the corruption.
simanthropy on
No one:
This entire thread: I know I’m going against the grain here but let me tell you why this is a good thing
(For the record, I agree this is a good thing)
nikhkin on
As I say each year, I have no issue with them getting a pay rise, but it should be reflected with an equal percentage pay rise for all public sector workers.
Inflation-matching pay rise for MPs? Inflation-matching pay rise for the whole public sector.
Deepmidwinter2025 on
Should be their only job – and require them to be in the uk – unlike Richard Tice and Nigel Farage.
KoontFace on
Funny how there’s always money for their pay rises isn’t it? Almost as if they wont suffer any opposition to this little idea
chrispbaconbutty on
The salary is a pittance, donations and second/third Jobs are the big earners.
Randon2345 on
Meanwhile, graduate salariwa to remind at £28K for another 10 years
ken-doh on
To be fair, this is fuck all. Yes it’s a high salary for the UK average, but it’s fuck all in the private sector. I would prefer we paid them double but banned them from second jobs.
I would not want my life, friends and family scrutinised, every social media post scrutinised. Any wrong footsteps and boom, you are a social lepper. 24 hours a day 7 days a week. No thank you.
69Theinfamousfinch69 on
At least they’re in the 60% marginal tax rate trap firmly now. Maybe they’ll change it now…
Stabbycrabs83 on
Didn’t they get paid 65k like 10 years ago?
No wonder they dont give a fluff about inflation
Flat-Struggle-155 on
This is terrible money for the level of responsibility. I wish we could 4x their pay and then ban them from second jobs, speaking circuits and all the other vectors for corruption.
Jambo6666 on
And Rupert Lowe donates all of his MP salary to charity.
SnooGiraffes449 on
Funny they put this out when the news is flooded with the Iran war.
Tashimo on
And public sector universities only got a pathetic 1.4percent …..
Nell0pe on
Meanwhile as a Civil Servant, I haven’t had a pay rise above the living wage since I joined because the Treasury keep telling us they can’t increase our budget. But that’s fine, it’s not like we’re the ones actually keeping the country functioning 🙃
Clear_Painting1453 on
3.5% increase plus 1.5% benchmarking for them in 26/27.
Meanwhile nhs staff just got given 3.3% flat…
futurefinancier on
Do they honestly do enough work to put themselves in the top 2% of earners?
TomTomXD1234 on
LOL, raise taxes for the poors and then pay the people that raise the taxes more…tale as old as time.
morebob12 on
Honestly it’s an absolute joke. The rest of the public sector scrambles for 1-3% pay rises while MPs seem to just get handed above inflation pay rises every year.
One of the main reasons I left the public sector and went private. Now I earn more than double than before and more than MPs. They wonder why public sector struggles to retain talent.
International-Tie917 on
I think MPs should have their wages tied to the national average. Get a better deal for workers, get a better deal for themselves.
Plus they are supposed to represent us, not be above us.
Thebritishdovah on
Of course.
Meanwhile, I get beaten up by the taxman and work my arse off.
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Finally.
Having to pay for your second home with private company consultations must get tiresome.
Why are parasites that keep making things worse getting a bloody payrise?
Good. They might do something about the £100k tax trap now.
I don’t mind paying MPs well. As long as they give up other forms of income from second jobs, paid appearances etc. And they don’t employ family members and claim their salary as expenses.
People will moan but I would rather we pay MPs well. It helps attract capable candidates who could earn more elsewhere, makes the job accessible to those without private wealth, and reduces the risk of them turning to corruption. In the grand scheme of public spending, it’s a relatively small price for better incentives – although of course we need other controls.
I used to think high MP salaries are justified to keep them focused on the job and to attract high standard of politicians. Yeah that theory has gone to the toilet… I cannot fathom how someone can get paid £110k to fail at their job consistently.
We should pay them double that amount and hope to attract capable high performers rather than the corrupt and entitled.
How about they unfreeze income tax bands and student loan repayment bands when they increase their own pay.
They should pay them £200k and ban them from taking a 2nd job
Might actually get a higher caliber of individual who can actually focus their time on the job
I want this to be the case so MPs are less inclined to take that dinner, accept those tickets, attend that event.
Less inclined to take such sum to speak at an event, or attend said fundraiser.
MPs shouldn’t be as easily manipulated as they are.
Don’t care about this. This is peanuts compared to the corruption.
No one:
This entire thread: I know I’m going against the grain here but let me tell you why this is a good thing
(For the record, I agree this is a good thing)
As I say each year, I have no issue with them getting a pay rise, but it should be reflected with an equal percentage pay rise for all public sector workers.
Inflation-matching pay rise for MPs? Inflation-matching pay rise for the whole public sector.
Should be their only job – and require them to be in the uk – unlike Richard Tice and Nigel Farage.
Funny how there’s always money for their pay rises isn’t it? Almost as if they wont suffer any opposition to this little idea
The salary is a pittance, donations and second/third Jobs are the big earners.
Meanwhile, graduate salariwa to remind at £28K for another 10 years
To be fair, this is fuck all. Yes it’s a high salary for the UK average, but it’s fuck all in the private sector. I would prefer we paid them double but banned them from second jobs.
I would not want my life, friends and family scrutinised, every social media post scrutinised. Any wrong footsteps and boom, you are a social lepper. 24 hours a day 7 days a week. No thank you.
At least they’re in the 60% marginal tax rate trap firmly now. Maybe they’ll change it now…
Didn’t they get paid 65k like 10 years ago?
No wonder they dont give a fluff about inflation
This is terrible money for the level of responsibility. I wish we could 4x their pay and then ban them from second jobs, speaking circuits and all the other vectors for corruption.
And Rupert Lowe donates all of his MP salary to charity.
Funny they put this out when the news is flooded with the Iran war.
And public sector universities only got a pathetic 1.4percent …..
Meanwhile as a Civil Servant, I haven’t had a pay rise above the living wage since I joined because the Treasury keep telling us they can’t increase our budget. But that’s fine, it’s not like we’re the ones actually keeping the country functioning 🙃
3.5% increase plus 1.5% benchmarking for them in 26/27.
Meanwhile nhs staff just got given 3.3% flat…
Do they honestly do enough work to put themselves in the top 2% of earners?
LOL, raise taxes for the poors and then pay the people that raise the taxes more…tale as old as time.
Honestly it’s an absolute joke. The rest of the public sector scrambles for 1-3% pay rises while MPs seem to just get handed above inflation pay rises every year.
One of the main reasons I left the public sector and went private. Now I earn more than double than before and more than MPs. They wonder why public sector struggles to retain talent.
I think MPs should have their wages tied to the national average. Get a better deal for workers, get a better deal for themselves.
Plus they are supposed to represent us, not be above us.
Of course.
Meanwhile, I get beaten up by the taxman and work my arse off.
MPs?
Earn a shit ton and can do fuck all to get it.