Senior MPs push for bumper pay rise after expenses cut
Senior MPs have begun to lobby for a sharp increase in their salaries to compensate for the loss of generous parliamentary expenses ordered by Sir Christopher Kelly.
Within hours of Sir Christopher announcing radical proposals to ensure that MPs no longer profited from their expenses , some called for allowances to be scrapped and replaced with a higher basic salary. This could see pay for a back-bench MP rise from almost £65,000 a year to more than £80,000.
Are they trying to take the piss?
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