Parliamentary watchdog Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) has just announced its recommendation that MP pay increases by 2.8% in 2025/2026. They are currently paid £91,346…
That would push MPs’ pay to £93,904 – £61 million a year for the lot of them. Quite the packet for a glorified councillor…
In Henry Mance’s piece today for the FT, lunching with Nigel Farage:
“Splendido!” Farage says, when the drinks arrive; I suppose it’s a step to European reconciliation. We clink glasses, and he lights the first of two back-to-back Benson & Hedges. A few minutes later, we’re back downstairs. “Are you drinking? Good.” He orders a glass of Sauvignon blanc for each of us — not a bottle, “because it’s Lent” — followed by a bottle of claret, to have with our meal. They say Farage drinks less than he used to. They say a lot of things.”