MP's want 32% pay rise....

PaulF81

thorsoak wrote: »

wonder what Rugged Toast, PaulF81 and their friends have to comment on this?????

I already have. Need to get your glasses checked gramps.

alinwales

from BBC:

On average, Tories said their salary should be £96,740, while Lib Dems
thought the right amount was £78,361 and Labour £77,322. Other parties put the
figure at £75,091.

ha ha tories, ha ha ha!

MacMickster

the_flying_pig wrote: »

MPs' pay could be pegged forever to the national average salary [the proper average, all genders & including PT work] say 2-3 times it so about £50-75k?

Or 20 times Jobseekers Allowance even!

BertieUK

I think that they, the MP's are no different to anyone else, we all want more even looking at one of the first words that we learn as a baby is 'want' its in our makeup.

Take it with a pinch of salt and tell them to join the queue...

zygurat789

How about paying them on results?

ILW

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

I think if we're ever to attract competent people to run this country, we'll need to pay them significantly more.

However the current shower of incompetent buffoons can jog on if they think they deserve another penny.

What do you mean by competent for an MP.
What are the skills required to make a decent one?

N1AK

the_flying_pig wrote: »

If I received a similar survey I'd ask for a lot.

MPs' pay could be pegged forever to the national average salary [the proper average, all genders & including PT work] say 2-3 times it so about £50-75k? With proper expenses [maybe the govt could own some kind of hall of residence?] for those living further than commuting distance.

£85k really sounds a lot to me.

£85k is a decent wage but it's hardly excessive especially for the level of competence I want in people doing that job. The current wage for a an MP is below that of a typical Junior school head. I admire people who can run a school well but don't think it makes sense that someone running a single school should be earning more than someone representing ~80,000 people and responsible to ensuring our laws, services etc are well managed.

What is very noticeable about MPs pay is that as seems to be true everywhere they don't seem to appreciate just how much their pension package and other benefits are worth. An equivalent (to current MP pay of £67k) private sector job would be a 5 year contract role paying ~£120,000+pa with no package (pension etc).

The above figure also ignores the pontential to benefit considerably from dubious use of the allowances and expenses system, including those that are legit and still in use (renting to each other for example).

N1AK

In fact I can't help but notice that MPs pensions are sufficiently good that someone working in the private sector would not be able to get tax relief on an equivalent scheme if Labour's proposal to cap pension relief for those earning over £150k came in.

grizzly1911

N1AK wrote: »

£85k is a decent wage but it's hardly excessive especially for the level of competence I want in people doing that job. The current wage for a an MP is below that of a typical Junior school head. I admire people who can run a school well but don't think it makes sense that someone running a single school should be earning more than someone representing ~80,000 people and responsible to ensuring our laws, services etc are well managed.

What is very noticeable about MPs pay is that as seems to be true everywhere they don't seem to appreciate just how much their pension package and other benefits are worth. An equivalent (to current MP pay of £67k) private sector job would be a 5 year contract role paying ~£120,000+pa with no package (pension etc).

The above figure also ignores the pontential to benefit considerably from dubious use of the allowances and expenses system, including those that are legit and still in use (renting to each other for example).

And if they are sensible it can be a spring board to much more lucrative and less onnerous roles.

They may nominally represent 80000 people but I suspect they on actively respond and work with a small fraction of them. The majority will be passive sheep.

As regard to ensuring laws and services are well managed don't they just do as they are told by the whips largely. it would be nice to have real cabinet government let alone a whole chamber.

ILW

What does a bank bench MP do that is so difficult?