The party is already facing calls to hand back £10m donated by Mr Hester over the past year
The head of the Parliamentary expenses watchdog has said that a 5.5 per cent pay rise for MPs recognises the 'vital role' they play in UK democracy. MPs are set to get the rise from April, bringing their overall salary to £91,346, The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority has announced. It said the decision had been taken in line with the award recently agreed for the senior Civil Service. The increase is considerably larger than the 2.
9 per cent pay uplift last year, when the expenses watchdog said it had 'considered very carefully' the 'extremely difficult' economic backdrop amid the cost of living crisis. It is also higher than the rate of Consumer Prices Index inflation, which latest Office for National Statistics figures suggest stood at 4 per cent in January. Richard Lloyd, chair of Ipsa, said: 'Serving as an MP should not be reserved to those wealthy enough to fund it themselves.
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Minister Says Tories Would Take Another £10 Million From Frank Hester Despite Diane Abbott RowKevin Schofield is Politics Editor of HuffPost UK.
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Sunak u-turns over Tory donor ‘racist’ Diane Abbott remarks after pressure from MPsDowning Street had initially refused to describe the language from party donor Frank Hester as racist
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