...but not as much as Peter Bottomley. He's now got a gofundme.
https://metro.co.uk/2021/10/07/gofun...lary-15379141/
The British public has taken pity on a hard-done-by MP and set up fundraising pages after he revealed the struggles of getting by on his generous annual salary.
Sir Peter Bottomley, the ‘Father of the House’ as the MP in the Commons with the longest continuous service, hit headlines yesterday after saying parliamentarians should be given a pay rise.
He thinks MPs, who are paid £81,932 annually, should be paid the same amount as GPs – whose average salary in England is £100,700. The average salary across the UK was £31,461, as of last year.
His comments in the New Statesman came on the day Universal Credit was cut by £20 a week for the country’s most vulnerable people.
Although Sir Peter said he currently is not struggling financially, he believes the situation is ‘desperately difficult’ for his newer colleagues.
The representative, for Worthing West in West Sussex, added: ‘I don’t know how they manage. It’s really grim.’
The MP was taken to task and ridiculed online, with social media users saying he needed to ‘get a grip’ with reality.
Many pointed out his salary does not include an MP’s generous expenses allowance, and others suggested if he had his wages cut by the equivalent of the Universal Credit cuts he would lose out on more than £17,000 a year.
https://metro.co.uk/2021/10/07/gofun...lary-15379141/
The British public has taken pity on a hard-done-by MP and set up fundraising pages after he revealed the struggles of getting by on his generous annual salary.
Sir Peter Bottomley, the ‘Father of the House’ as the MP in the Commons with the longest continuous service, hit headlines yesterday after saying parliamentarians should be given a pay rise.
He thinks MPs, who are paid £81,932 annually, should be paid the same amount as GPs – whose average salary in England is £100,700. The average salary across the UK was £31,461, as of last year.
His comments in the New Statesman came on the day Universal Credit was cut by £20 a week for the country’s most vulnerable people.
Although Sir Peter said he currently is not struggling financially, he believes the situation is ‘desperately difficult’ for his newer colleagues.
The representative, for Worthing West in West Sussex, added: ‘I don’t know how they manage. It’s really grim.’
The MP was taken to task and ridiculed online, with social media users saying he needed to ‘get a grip’ with reality.
Many pointed out his salary does not include an MP’s generous expenses allowance, and others suggested if he had his wages cut by the equivalent of the Universal Credit cuts he would lose out on more than £17,000 a year.
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