MPs 10% pay rise - snouts in the trough

TheBlueHorse

zero_sum wrote: »

oh, and it's not a payrise, it's that they're paid less than the job is worth for the 1st few years while they lack the experience

hahahahahahhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Andy_L

CLAPTON wrote: »

does that mean a 26 year old will be earning more than the average wage?

Is that particularly surprising for someone who's spent 8 years in their (graduate) profession?

CLAPTON

Andy_L wrote: »

Is that particularly surprising for someone who's spent 8 years in their (graduate) profession?

it would seem to me that some graduates earn more than others and some earn less.
some people seek promotion and extra responsibility and others don't.
supply and demand is sometimes a factor in pay scales

Mistermeaner

If we don't use market forces to determine pay how should it be done?

Tromking

ggb1979 wrote: »

If we don't use market forces to determine pay how should it be done?

I think the anomaly here is that some people are seemingly happy to apply market forces to MP's remuneration yet other public sector roles which are arguably more pertinent to their own lives can go hang!
Let's keep the likes of Dennis Skinner in clover but squeeze Nurses, Paramedics and the rest?....Weird!

Herzlos

MrRee wrote: »

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

That's over 3 times the average UK salary (2.5x London), before you factor in expenses (like travel and the 2nd home) or pension, or the fact that attendance seems largely optional and the sittings aren't for that long. Or any indirect business benefits.

I'd totally do it for that.

antrobus

Herzlos wrote: »

That's over 3 times the average UK salary (2.5x London), before you factor in expenses (like travel and the 2nd home) or pension, or the fact that attendance seems largely optional and the sittings aren't for that long. Or any indirect business benefits.

I'd totally do it for that.

And it's within the bounds of possibility to combine the job of being an MP with an entirely different job. Such as running a country (worth £142,500 a year) or writing a weekly column for a national newspaper (worth £275,000 a year).

Herzlos

I wonder if there are any figures on how many MP's are also in other employment?

I know a lot of them walk into kushy jobs in companies that have been lobbying them, but that's not quite the same.