The “grim” struggle of living on an MP’s *£81,932 salary* [angry]

!! It is a high salary!! Most people are in 20k OR Less!!!

Pammie1

@TanaMa. My mum’s basic state pension is £150 a week, so £7800 a year, and the top up of pension credit doesn’t make much difference. Don’t know where they get the figure of £23,000. Just worked out Bottomley’s weekly income from his ‘meagre’ MP salary - £1490 a week. That’s ten times my mum’s pension !!

The Higher Income pensioners not only get a state pension but probably a Company pension or a private pension plan. It all adds up.

My heart bleeds for them ... not!

JaneJudge

though to be fair, i imagine suit would come under expenses

There's a tax case which expressly denies tax relief for clothing, with certain exceptions. A suit is generally not an exception

It’s a salary to dream about and not to complain about. He chose politics as others choose various ways of working. You don’t have a long serving nurse bleating about his/her salary.

TV presenters and footballers aren't paid by ALL of UK taxpayers though are they? When you draw your income from money squeezed out of the very poorest in our ranks, you should be prudent, and NOT a greedy trough muncher like the majority of those in parliament. Expenses/other jobs/ subsidies on everything from a cup of tea to a mahoosive mortgage on a second 'home' that you can even get away with renting out! All these 'extras' render ANY defence of a salary increase permanently redundant in my view.

JaneJudge

though to be fair, i imagine suit would come under expenses

My point exactly ! I was expected to arrive at work suited and booted and never in any deemed casual or comfy! Did I claim/receive any help paying for those clothes which promptly went to charity when I retired cos I never used them other than for work? No I didn't. I asked at virtually every company I worked at if we could have a uniform akin to the bank workers? 100% refused stating it would be too expensive, even though a suit jacket one skirt 3shorts and one pair of trousers would have costs a mere £52 from work wear company! About the price of a smart blouse.........

#3 SHIRTS!!!