MPs given go ahead for 10% pay rise to £74,000

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MPs' salaries will rise from £67,060 to £74,000, the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority has announced.



The 10% pay rise has been approved despite Downing Street and a succession of MPs saying it was "not appropriate".

IPSA chairman Sir Ian Kennedy said that MPs' pay had been a "toxic" issue "which had been ducked for decades".

He said the pay rise would not cost any money because it was being combined with cuts to expenses, pension and severance payments for MPs.

The independent watchdog, set up to bring in and run a new expenses and pay system for MPs after the expenses scandal of 2009, says in future MPs' pay would rise in line with average rises in the public sector.

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Whilst they've forced 1% on the nurses!

We have got the MPs we deserve. Until every last one of us gets off our lazy backsides and goes and votes (after questioning the prospective MP first) we'll carry on getting the greedy grasping garbage for representation that we deserve.

I notice my MP couldn't answer my questions fast enough before the election, but can't be bothered now. - Won't be getting my vote again!

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Nuneaton MP Marcus Jones refuses to take pay rise

NUNEATON'S voice in Parliament is honouring his election pledge by refusing to accept the controversial ten per cent rise for MPs.

Instead Marcus Jones has said that he is going to donate the extra amount to several chosen charities and good causes.

Mr Jones told the Nuneaton News that he had a number of charities 'in mind' but was reluctant to reveal which ones at this stage.

"It is important for me to honour what I said I would do prior to the General Election, which is that I would not take the ten per cent instead donate it to charity" he said.

"Therefore, in order to abide by the spirit of my pledge, I am going to donate the extra amount I receive after tax to several chosen charities and good causes.

"It is also important for me to recognise that while it is an independent organisation that made the decision to increase MPs' pay, that many people won't see that independent organisation being in touch with the vast majority of the members of public."

He went on: "I have been very aware that many people working in the public sector have received only one per cent increases over the last few years – a situation which is set to continue.

"For this reason I did not think it was a realistic position which the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) was taking.

"For an organisation that is independent it has certainly showed that they are out of touch with national sentiment."

Mr Jones added that it was his personal decision but said that some fellow MPs were following suit.

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Well done that man.

Now, what about my Coventry MP? - I won't be holding my breath.