Senior Tory says MPs should get pay rise as living on £81,000 salary can be 'really grim'

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Sign up for our daily newsletter to get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox A Tory MP has said politicians should get a pay rise and claims he doesn't know how some members of parliament manage financially.

Describing the situation as 'really grim', Sir Peter Bottomley, says politicians should earn as much as doctors. It comes as claimants of Universal Credit will lose a £20-a-week boost to their welfare benefits from today. READ MORE : Quiet neighbourhood rocked by machete gang attack The basic salary for an MP is £81,932, while the average salary across the UK last year was £31,461. "I take the view that being an MP is the greatest honour you could have, but a general practitioner in politics ought to be paid roughly the