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[pounds sterling]124-an-hour MPs; Expenses and salaries put members on [pounds sterling]204,000 a year.
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The Daily Mail (London, England)
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October 27, 2006
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Byline: TIM SHIPMAN
MPs pocketed an average of [pounds sterling]204,000 in pay and perks last year.
The bumper package - revealed in an official report last night - adds up to a salary of [pounds sterling]124 for each working hour.
Together the 646 MPs claimed [pounds sterling]86.7million in expenses and office allowances - [pounds sterling]134,000 each. Their [pounds sterling]60,000 annual salaries cost taxpayers a further [pounds sterling]39 million.
An extra [pounds sterling]10,000 an MP went on payments for members ditched by voters at the last general election - taking the total to [pounds sterling]132 million. The figures also lay out the cost of ...
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