An 11% increase cannot be justified on any grounds. Local Government workers have had their pay frozen, been made redundant and had to reapply for their own jobs. That is 5 years of seeing their pay eroded while inflation has exceeded the governments own targets and basics like electricity, gas, petrol, diesel and food have seen price rises ahead of inflation.
Apparently the justification is making good losses of perks and benefits - things that were taken away because they weren't justified and MPs were abusing the system in claiming them. So why do IPSA feel that MPs should now be compensated for something they shouldn't be paid, isn't earned and are not due?
IPSA is supposed to be independent in order to stand up to the greed of the MPs and set realistic pay rates, but instead they abuse their position to suck up to the MPs and value their mediocre efforts with £74k p.a. salary (plus expenses and perks) that few others could ever hope to receive. It stinks!
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