ricgem2002 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 personally for me these mps are not worth this amount of money and all the allowances/expences that go with it. im sure someone will come along and put me right thou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien52 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I think that taking a pay rise at the moment has to be regarded as a cynical act on their part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iansheff Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I think that taking a pay rise at the moment has to be regarded as a cynical act on their part. Thing is they are not getting it now are they, it is after the next election so they probably think we will have forgotten about it by then. If there is rioting and protests some of them are so thick they will wonder why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angos Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 personally for me these mps are not worth this amount of money and all the allowances/expences that go with it. im sure someone will come along and put me right thou When compared to the excessive pay being paid to some public sector workers I imagine they do deserve it, for instance the leader of RMBC is paid more than the PM, £155,000, there are many more council employees paid more than MP's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrejuan Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 It's IPSA that set the pay etc. for MP's. Some of the MP's are saying they don't want the increase ?? Clegg for eg. say's he will not take it. However, backbenchers say they deserve more. Regardless of the fact that it takes effect in 2015 it is wrong when most of the uk have not had that sort of % increase in the last 5-10 years. Unless the economy is booming by 2015 and we are all enjoying the fruits of success there will (and should be) a public backlash. I wonder just how "independent" IPSA are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pritt Stick Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Also, it's an independent authority that has recommended the increase. Seems we can't blame the politicians. http://parliamentarystandards.org.uk/About%20Us/Pages/Board-members-and-chief-executive.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrejuan Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 When compared to the excessive pay being paid to some public sector workers I imagine they do deserve it, for instance the leader of RMBC is paid more than the PM, £155,000, there are many more council employees paid more than MP's. Don't get me started on how much the public sector cost the country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HbroChris Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Don't get me started on how much the public sector cost the country Well yeah, but try getting by without the fire brigade. Or nurses. Or education. Or roads. Or aqueducts. Wait... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzijlstra Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 A very silly decision by IPSA, all they are doing is providing the public with yet another rod to beat MPs with. All this will do is cause more resentment with an already apathetic voting populace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HbroChris Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Whilst I intensely dislike the thought of defending MPs, I believe the justification is that they haven't had a pay increase in a few years (three?) and that the proposed percentage increase is therefore still an effective pay cut measured against inflation. Urgh. Feel dirty now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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