Time For M P's Pay To Be Taken Out Of The Hands Of M Ps?

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25287108
In these austere times they are having a Giraffe!

[THECORBYLOON]

From the article, "Ipsa does not need to get the agreement of Parliament to bring in the changes." The MPs have not made the decision, IPSA came up with the figure.

[whiskeryron]

T T T Why oh why have you adopted the Wicked Witch of the West as your avatar ?. †††

WR

[mikey4444]

Its already been taken out of MP's hands so I am not sure what your point is.

If its whether they should get this pay award that has been IPSA...well no I think that they should accept it.

[baza]

IPSA whoever they are have decided to give a bunch of rogues and comic singers a bl99dy great pay rise, nice to see we are all in it together.

[Hypognosis]

Did you see that other blast from the past - Bottomley - trying to justify 74k by saying that GPs and so on would be forced to take a pay cut to serve as MP, as things stand?

Firstly, What The Funicular are GPs being paid these days?? (No wonder the NHS costs a bomb!)

Secondly, if you spend 7 years training someone to be a GP and you pay them 75k+ why would you -want- them to "step down" to become MPs at all.

Plenty of people out there who'd love to get their hands on the levers of power for under 30k.

(I'm not saying they'd be competent - just keen, Heh heh)

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[Everhelpful]

GP's? I think it is a basic £110k.

[ToraToraTora]

Ron I don't think there is anything wrong with having one of our most gutsy leaders as an avatar. You have Kinnochio if you like.

[anotheoldgit]

Which party will be the first to make a pre-election gesture? (I nearly spelt that Jester)

Mmmm perhaps it would have been more appropriate.

[Hypognosis]

Thanks, Everhelpful

//GP's? I think it is a basic £110k.//

I don't know whether to feel depressed or angry about that.

[LazyGun]

Some other comments on this;

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1297420.html