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Drew
So IPSA have now announced their proposals for the reform of parliamentary pay for our downtrodden MPs. The headline figure of a £6k pay rise seems on the face of it shocking, especially when taking into account the restraint imposed on the rest of the public sector by the coalition. The head of IPSA stated that the net cost of the changes to the public purse is only £500k and went on to try and justify this by claiming that, since they were introduced in 2010, they have saved about £35m on the expenses of MPs. Funny that because surely all they have done is stop MPs cheating the system!
There are some changes that seem overdue, in particular in relation to the resettlement packages when an MP gives up his seat, and also to the pensions which are overly generous and on a final salary basis rather than money purchase which most others seem to have had foisted upon them.
Love the fact that Gove has come out and said that they can stuff their pay rise because he doesn't want it. Nice bearing in mind he is on a ministerial salary and that in the expense scandal, he claimed £7k for kitting out his home before flipping it around and then claiming another £17k!!! Not exactly on the moral high ground.
If they want to compare them to overseas representatives then why don't they do the same for the likes of social workers who are probably underpaid compared to other countries. I would suspect that there are numerous examples of where public sector in the UK earn less than abroad but we don't see their pay being increased by nearly 10%.
Whole thing stinks.
There are some changes that seem overdue, in particular in relation to the resettlement packages when an MP gives up his seat, and also to the pensions which are overly generous and on a final salary basis rather than money purchase which most others seem to have had foisted upon them.
Love the fact that Gove has come out and said that they can stuff their pay rise because he doesn't want it. Nice bearing in mind he is on a ministerial salary and that in the expense scandal, he claimed £7k for kitting out his home before flipping it around and then claiming another £17k!!! Not exactly on the moral high ground.
If they want to compare them to overseas representatives then why don't they do the same for the likes of social workers who are probably underpaid compared to other countries. I would suspect that there are numerous examples of where public sector in the UK earn less than abroad but we don't see their pay being increased by nearly 10%.
Whole thing stinks.