Watchdog recommends MPs pay rises to £74,000
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority has published its recommendations to increase MPs pay to £74,000 in 2015.
MPs' pension contributions to go up under new pay plan
MPs will have to contribute more to their pensions under new pay proposals that will see salaries rise to £74,000 in 2015.
Read: Watchdog recommends MPs' pay to rise to £74K
The proposals include:
- A one-off uplift in salary to £74,000 in 2015, an 11% rise on their current salaries.
- MPs' pay to be linked to average earnings - if they go up, so will MPs'
- Scrapping of "resettlement payments" worth tens of thousands of pounds per MP - to be replaced with "more modest" loss-of-office payments
- MPs will pay more into their pensions, putting them on par with those in other parts of the public sector
- Expenses and business costs will be more strictly monitored, and MPs will no longer be able to claim for their evening meal
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MPs' pay rise will go ahead despite criticism
The authority behind plans to give MPs an 11% pay rise has insisted the planned increase will go ahead despite criticism of the proposal.
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The public deserves a mature debate on MPs' pay rises
Today's proposed pay rises MPs has been reflected in the media as an outrage, when what is outrageous is the tone of debate.