MPs' pay rise scrapped after backlash over proposed £3,000 wage hike
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mirror.co.ukPlans to give MPs a pay rise of more than £3,000 have been scrapped, the parliamentary pay watchdog has said. The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) said hiking MP pay next year would be "inconsistent" with the financial hardship faced by many workers during the pandemic.
The watchdog said in October that MPs could be entitled to a 4.1% rise in April, taking their salaries to £85,291 - despite wage freezes for millions of public sector workers.
But the comments provoked a major backlash, with even Boris Johnson's spokesman saying the Prime Minister was against the hike.
Confirming the u-turn, Ipsa interim chair Richard Lloyd wrote to MPs: "The unprecedented impact of the Covid pandemic has had an unexpected, but different,
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