06.03.18
MPs to receive 1.8% pay boost in coming year
MPs will receive a pay increase of 1.8% for 2018-19, the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) has revealed.
The pay rise will bring their overall basic salary to £77,379 from 1 April 2018.
Committee chairs will also receive an extra 1.8% from the start of the new financial year, bringing their additional payments up from £15,235 to £15,509.
Although these increases are below the current inflation rate of 2.7%, they are above the 1% public sector pay cap that has been in place since 2010 and has reportedly pushed public sector families into poverty.
By April 2018 MPs’ basic pay will have increased by £11,641 since April 2010.
IPSA said that the pay increases were “in line with our determination on MPs’ pay, published in July 2015, where we committed to adjusting MPs’ pay at the same rate as changes in public sector earnings published by the Office of National Statistics (ONS).
Ministers and MPs with additional responsibilities may receive additional payments, which are administered by separate bodies.
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