By MPs to get £2,200 pay rise from April
MPs will get a pay rise of more than £2,000 this year, the parliamentary pay review body has announced.
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) announced that MPs will receive £2,212 more for the year from 1 April, increasing their pay by 2.7% from £81,932 to £84,144.
IPSA sets MPs’ pay independently of parliament and government.
They said the pay rise is the same as the average increase in pay for public sector employees last year.
MPs’ pay has remained unchanged for the past two years due to the pandemic.
Richard Lloyd, IPSA’s Chair, said: “MPs play a vital role in our democracy and this is reflected in their pay.
“It is right that MPs are paid fairly for the responsibility and the unseen work they do helping their constituents, which dramatically increased last year.”
Back in January the Prime Minister urged IPSA to show ‘restraint’ when setting pay for MPs, suggesting salaries should remain the same due to cost-of-living pressures being felt across the country.
During the pandemic, MPs were able to access more cash to run their offices from home.
Before the March 2020 lockdown, IPSA told MPs they would get a £10,000 increase to their office costs budget as well as an increased credit limit on their payment cards from £4,000 to £10,000.
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