MP's Salary
04 July 2007, 11:03 PM
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What do these guys get paid, just heard something on the news about Alex Salmond & the fact he could be due 3 different packages.
04 July 2007, 11:07 PM
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Average is 60K i believe,
then they can top it up by another 100k by claiming expenses
if they are an mep, then there is no ceiling, its whatever they can get by on expenses
Mart
then they can top it up by another 100k by claiming expenses
if they are an mep, then there is no ceiling, its whatever they can get by on expenses
Mart
05 July 2007, 12:09 AM
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check out the pension though...... I get an eightieth (1/80) of my salary as a pension for each year worked. Don't MP's get 1/20 th ??
While I think about it don't the police/fireservice get a 1/50th ?
still nice though
Shaun
While I think about it don't the police/fireservice get a 1/50th ?
still nice though
Shaun
05 July 2007, 01:11 AM
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This is a job we can, each one of us, apply for and we have to be given a chance to win a vote of the people.
Put up some good policies and you never know - you could be parading around with a nice fat pay cheque ... don't deliver and you will be out within 5 years however!!
Put up some good policies and you never know - you could be parading around with a nice fat pay cheque ... don't deliver and you will be out within 5 years however!!
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Travel is generous but I don't think that's the problem. It's having an office allowance that you spend paying your wife to answer the phone or do other important work.
That said, I genuinely believe that most MPs are not in it for the money. I used to work with someone who left to be an MP... he makes less now, expenses included, works harder, and will never make a really fat pay packet as long as he's an MP. I guess there are probably timeservers in safe seats who live well for less effort, but overall I don't think MPs are overpaid at all.
If anything I'd rather pay them more and attract more seriously talented people.
That said, I genuinely believe that most MPs are not in it for the money. I used to work with someone who left to be an MP... he makes less now, expenses included, works harder, and will never make a really fat pay packet as long as he's an MP. I guess there are probably timeservers in safe seats who live well for less effort, but overall I don't think MPs are overpaid at all.
If anything I'd rather pay them more and attract more seriously talented people.
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interesting that tony blair earned around c.£155K as PM. but his ex-PM pension for life is worth £300K a year. apparently. how's that work then?
just £155K for PM? no wonder we ended up with such a useless c**t. john major too. pay peanuts, get monkeys...
just £155K for PM? no wonder we ended up with such a useless c**t. john major too. pay peanuts, get monkeys...
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06 July 2007, 10:06 AM
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06 July 2007, 10:33 AM
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Exactly. CEO of the UK gets, what, a tenth? a fiftieth? of what a CEO of a major company gets. No-one with ambitions to make money goes into politics.
06 July 2007, 11:00 AM
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