MPs 10% pay rise - snouts in the trough

PlymouthMaid

I think 10% is bloody outrageous when most of us will be lucky to get 1% and have been in that position for a few years now.

NICHOLAS_2

PlymouthMaid wrote: »

I think 10% is bloody outrageous when most of us will be lucky to get 1% and have been in that position for a few years now.

I had a 50% payrise last year

MrRee_2

£74k isn't a lot of money ...... I wouldn't do it for that!

Anyone who would can stand for election .....

Landofwood

I'd like to live in a society where the politicians are the highest paid people in the country. Imagine a country that is being run by the best and brightest.

Instead, the only people who go into politics are those who already have money. Eton schoolboys with no comprehension of the real world.

Landofwood

chris_m wrote: »

Ah, but part of this 10% increase is at a cost of reduced expenses, rejigged pension scheme and reduced severance payments when they get voted out.
According to IPSA, the overall cost to the country will be unchanged.

TBH, MPs getting 50% more than someone who just drives a train through a hole in the ground isn't that excessive, IMO.

Especially when the trains drive themselves

Tromking

I remember the justification made by the politicians for reforming the firefighters pay and conditions a few years back was the fact there was no shortage of people wanting to join the fire service, so like it or lump it or we'll get someone else in they were told. I dont see a shortage in capable people wanting to get on the Westminster gravy train either.
The job of MP is the ultimate public sector profession, they still enjoy perks and privileges long since gone in similar roles across the civil service.

Landofwood

Tromking wrote: »

I remember the justification made by the politicians for reforming the firefighters pay and conditions a few years back was the fact there was no shortage of people wanting to join the fire service, so like it or lump it or we'll get someone else in they were told. I dont see a shortage in capable people wanting to get on the Westminster gravy train either.
The job of MP is the ultimate public sector profession, they still enjoy perks and privileges long since gone in similar roles across the civil service.

The sad truth is there are more people capable of being a competent firefighter than there are people capable of being a competent politician. Supply and Demand.

CLAPTON

Tromking wrote: »

I remember the justification made by the politicians for reforming the firefighters pay and conditions a few years back was the fact there was no shortage of people wanting to join the fire service, so like it or lump it or we'll get someone else in they were told. I dont see a shortage in capable people wanting to get on the Westminster gravy train either.
The job of MP is the ultimate public sector profession, they still enjoy perks and privileges long since gone in similar roles across the civil service.

lots of public sector jobs with better pay, higher pensions and you don't stand to get sacked after 5 years

Andy_L

Running_Horse wrote: »

If we are to be a functioning democracy it has to be paid for, and the job of MP deserves a decent salary. They should once and for all link their pay to a basket of typical jobs and benefits, and then share in the success or hard times of those they govern.

IIRC part of this new deal is that salary is now linked to average wage increases

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

CLAPTON wrote: »

lots of public sector jobs with better pay, higher pensions and you don't stand to get sacked after 5 years

That is true