// The mps could no doubt see the squeeze coming ,
so they very quickly gave themselves a payrise. //
for your information, gulliver, it's not within the power of mps of any party to give or award themselves anything. that power rests with the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority who, as the name suggests, are independent of government, and indeed of parliament
https://www.theipsa.org.uk/
bear in mind also that the rise was the first increase in pay for MPs in two years and, followed the average (2.7%) of increases across the public sector last year.