MPs set to receive £1,000 pay rise in April
March 5, 2010
As public and private sector workers throughout the country endure pay freezes and pay cuts the news that as of April 1st MPs will receive a 1.5 percent salary increase is likely to cause some degree of anger. MP’s wages will automatically increase by nearly £1,000 to £65,737.
The Senior Salaries Revue Body which is in charge of minister’s salaries automatically calculates the level of pay increases by comparing the increases of fifteen other public sector groups.
Officials at Downing Street have recognised that following revelations about minister’s expenses and the present state of the economy it might not be such good PR to accept the pay rise. A spokesperson for the Prime Minister has announced that government ministers will not accept the salary increase and that Gordon Brown was well aware of the need to cut back on the price of politics in order to buoy the public’s confidence.
John Bercow, the Common’s Speaker was made aware of the 1.5 percent increase in minister’s pay at the end of February when Bill Cockburn, chairman of the Senior Salaries Revue Body informed him that the pay rise was due to come into effect at the beginning of April.
The Tories have also announced that if they take power at the next election then a one-year pay freeze will apply to all public servants whose salaries are more that £18,000 per annum.
At the end of last year Chancellor Alistair Darling announced that there would be a pay freeze imposed upon senior managers in the NHS, GPs and top civil servants.
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