ChatterBank1 min ago
Private Eye – Number Crunching
1% - Pay rise for NHS staff demanded in January, which David Cameron said was impossible because ‘we need to keep the pay bill under control’
10% - Pay rise for MPs announced last week, of which David Cameron says ‘you’re paid a rate for the job and you should take the rate for the job’
10% - Pay rise for MPs announced last week, of which David Cameron says ‘you’re paid a rate for the job and you should take the rate for the job’
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I agree though that there is an inconsistency. In the case of MPs an independent group has said how much the role is worth compared to comparable jobs (and taking account of freezes to pay over recent years) but, unlike the NHS pay bill decision, doesn't seem to have taken account of what the economy can afford. Having said that, paying a bit more (if it is costing more) to 600 or so MPs will costs a lot less than paying an extra 1% to hundreds of thousands of NHS staff
Now if you believe that - and yes I am a PE subscriber.
Even the Guardian got the story right, for once.
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Even the Guardian got the story right, for once.
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It really annoys me when MPs say how badly paid they are for comparable jobs, then you see the comparable jobs they compare themselves too are nothing such. You do not have to spend years going to university to become an MP, you do not need ANY qualifications.
Most of the people who manage to get themselves elected are nothing more than voting fodder for the whips.
So they are not under paid or under aporeciated.
Most of the people who manage to get themselves elected are nothing more than voting fodder for the whips.
So they are not under paid or under aporeciated.
FF...it stinks because they won't allow nurses to have a measly 1% pay rise, but have no problem in awarding themselves a huge 10% rise, and I couldn't give a fig about "cost neutral"
If the plans for MPs pay goes ahead, their pay will leap from £67,060 to £74,000 a year.
Perhaps MPs should show restraint as well as the rest of us ? After all, on £67,060 a year, they should find that restraint a lot easier than most of us.
If the plans for MPs pay goes ahead, their pay will leap from £67,060 to £74,000 a year.
Perhaps MPs should show restraint as well as the rest of us ? After all, on £67,060 a year, they should find that restraint a lot easier than most of us.
The sooner we all recognise that the majority of MPs and local councillors are only in it for themselves, the better. The days when an upright and honourable citizen stood for election, purely from a desire to serve the country or local community, are long gone. They are only in it to line their own pockets. Sure they dance daily, to the tune chosen by the press, and keep changing the dance to stay in office for as long as possible. Anybody who WANTS to be elected should automatically be considered unsuitable.
