BBC MPs are in line for another pay rise

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Politicians will beat the Government’s own public sector pay cap once again with a 1.3 per cent rise from April. The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) is ready to confirm the £962 rise over the coming weeks, according to The Sun. It comes just nine months after they received a backdated boost to their pay packets to take their salaries to £74,000.

Government ministers get even larger wages with David Cameron raking in £142,500 a year, while the Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow earns £150,236. Following the expenses scandal, MPs pay is now increased in line with public sector weekly earnings figures. But, according to the newspaper, the MPs pay rise has been calculated using Office for National Statistics data that takes into account extra public sector pay to reward promotions. For teachers, police officers and other public sector workers who haven’t been promoted, their pay is capped at one per cent under the Government’s severe deficit-cutting measure.

PARLIAMENT Speaker John Bercow earns £150,236

I'm concerned that yet again this looks like our pay is going up quicker than other public sector workers like police, nurses and teachers. Labour MP Gloria de Piero

Labour MP Gloria de Piero attacked the rise as unfair on other state workers. She said: "I'm concerned that yet again this looks like our pay is going up quicker than other public sector workers like police, nurses and teachers. "If their pay is capped at one per cent, why shouldn't ours be?" Commenting on the new rules for MPs pay, IPSA chairman Sir Ian Kennedy said: "In making the decision on MPs' pay we were very aware of the strongly held views of many members of the public and by some MPs themselves. "We listened to those views and made an important change to the way in which pay will be adjusted annually. “Instead of linking MPs' pay to wages in the whole economy, it is now linked to public sector pay. "Over the last Parliament, MPs' pay increased by two per cent, compared to five per cent in the public sector and 10 per cent in the whole economy. "It was right that we made this one-off increase and have now formally linked MPs' pay to public sector pay."