WESTMINSTER’S MPs are to be handed a payrise of more than £2000 per annum, it has been announced.
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA), which has set MPs’ basic annual salary since 2011 said that the annual adjustment for 2022-23 will be 2.7% – the same as the average increase in pay for public sector employees last year.
IPSA said the rise would bring the overall salary from £81,932 to £84,144 from April 1, 2022.
MPs’ pay had been £81,932 since April 1, 2020. This was a rise of around £16,000 over ten years, from April 2010’s salary of £65,738 per annum.
Representatives were denied a pay rise in 2021 with Richard Lloyd, IPSA’s interim chair, saying the “unprecedented impact” of the Covid pandemic would mean that any pay rise would be “inconsistent with the … reality” faced by the public.
Responding to Tuesday’s announcement, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said MPs should “show restraint” and refuse the increase.
He said: “Working households will be furious to see MPs' pay go up while they face crippling tax hikes.
“The current system of pegging politicians’ salaries to public sector pay only leads to rows over unpopular and unseemly rises.
“Elected officials should show restraint and only accept rises when economic conditions allow.”
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