Labour MP denies pay rise claims
A senior Labour MP has denied newspaper claims that MPs are demanding a 22 per cent pay rise.
Parliamentary Labour party chair Ann Clwyd has admitted senior Labour MPs have had private meetings with Conservatives on the 1922 Committee to discuss pay.
But she insisted no figures for a rise in salaries were mentioned.
She said: “We discussed several issues of interest to MPs, like pensions and also the senior salaries review body, but no figure was discussed.”
The Mail on Sunday had reported that Labour and Conservative MPs wanted a 22 per cent pay rise over two years.
Conservative MP Anthony Steen told the newspaper: “One of the reasons the Commons lacks quality MPs is because the pay is not enough to attract the best people.”
The senior salaries review body recommended four years ago that MPs’ pay be linked to that of headteachers, police chiefs and company directors.
Currently an MP’s pay packet and expenses total around £100,000 a year.
A 22 per cent pay rise would be ten times the rate of inflation.
