Our pound(s)3.3m bill for Ulster's 'double-jobbing' MPs

Belfast Telegraph;  December 28, 2006 ;     543 words ......the province's 18 MPs are MLAs as well - a 'double- jobbing...Parliament holds Commons seats. The pound(s)3.34m paid to the 16 Northern...the parliamentary salary of pound(s)59,095 for the year. They...received a combined total of pound(s)206,721 from Westminster...accommodation expenses of ...

MLAs feel pinch as pay cuts imposed Direct rule sees salary levels slump

Belfast Telegraph;  November 7, 2002 ;     370 words ......Mark Durkan losing more than [Pound]66,000. The 10 departmental...their wages cut by more than [Pound]34,000. The new salary scales...salary for doing so," he said. MLAs will continue to receive allowances of [Pound]48,000 to run their constituency...staffing arrangements at Stormont. MLAs ...

A salary bill of pound(s)8.7m despite no Assembly

Belfast Telegraph;  June 1, 2007 ;     266 words ......representatives remained MLAs - Members of a Legislative...the year came to pound(s)3,211,379.88, while a further pound(s)4,857,062.12 was...allowances. Claims by MLAs for travel and subsistence came to pound(s)676,381.88. The...expenses are paid to MLAs for journeys from home. Ms ...

MPs cost pound(s)3.3m in one year

Belfast Telegraph;  December 28, 2006 ;     337 words ......the province's 18 MPs are MLAs as well - a double- jobbing...Parliament holds Commons seats. The pound(s)3.34m paid to the 16 Northern...the parliamentary salary of pound(s)59,095 for the year. They...received a combined total of pound(s)206,721 from Westminster...accommodation expenses of ...

Defunct assembly runs up a [Pound]70m bill for taxpayers

Belfast Telegraph;  October 14, 2005 ;     354 words ......from April to March this year, the total had increased to [Pound]10,415,731.Yet the total running cost for the Assembly overall went down across the two financial years, from [Pound]21m in 2003-4 to [Pound]20.4m in 2004-5.The cost revelations come amid fears the...functioning, the salaries and expenses ...

To wages and expenses, add pound(s)2m in grants NICVA boss insists money...

Belfast Telegraph;  March 2, 2007 ;     573 words ......least pound(s)450,000 - pushing the overall figure beyond pound(s)2.3m. The grants are worked out according to party strength at Stormont. Last year, they ranged between pound(s)146,687, which went to the DUP as the largest party, and pound(s)27,000, for the one-member UK Unionist Party. Sinn ...

Tax-payers fork out for our MLAs to eat in style ; Assembly catering...

Belfast Telegraph;  February 14, 2008 ;     444 words ......exclusive dining room where MLAs can enjoy upmarket three-course meals for below pound(s)20 per head. Figures released...devolution. That meant an average of pound(s)862.20 per day. The monthly...that stage been working out at pound(s)845 a day. The Assembly has...Room, which is restricted to ...

MLAs in line for pound(s)10,000 pay rise thanks to devolution

Belfast Telegraph;  April 20, 2007 ;     385 words ......power-sharing Executive in place - the 108 MLAs' pay packets go back to full strength...remained at the reduced level of pound(s)31,817. But in just over a fortnight...in early 2002 which would have put MLAs on pound(s)45,250. Assembly Commission member...

Viewpoint: A check on MLAs' pay

Belfast Telegraph;  February 8, 2008 ;     171 words ......be suggesting that MLAs should receive an...significant rise from the pound(s)43,000 that we currently...The argument is that MLAs' pay compares unfavourably with MPs (pound(s)60,000), members...Assembly Members (pound(s)46,500). Politicians...controversies have shown, MLAs and MPs ...

MLAs are to keep salaries [Pound]600 per week stays despite deal failure

Belfast Telegraph;  December 10, 2004 ;     365 words ...Assembly members are to retain their [Pound]600 per week salaries despite the collapse of the devolution...Government said it had "no plans" to alter the present [Pound]31,817 pay levels as the focus remains on reaching a deal...Stormont representatives have also been given more than [Pound]2m in office ...

MLAs face pay cut if talks collapse

Belfast Telegraph;  September 15, 2004 ;     249 words ......Castle negotiations collapse.MLAs have already pocketed a collective salary of more than [Pound]2.8m in the last ten months...year after the last elections, MLAs will have received a wages total of [Pound]3.3m - even though salaries...warning from the PM, he said MLAs could not continue to ...

MLAs unite to seek more arts funding

Belfast Telegraph;  October 10, 2007 ;     193 words ...Their combined call came after MLAs were told cash support for the arts in the province is just pound(s)6.30 per head of population compared to pound(s)8.39 in England, pound(s)8.80 in Wales, and pound(s)11.93 in...

Rising cost of your MP Politicians claim [Pound]119,000 each on average

Belfast Telegraph;  October 28, 2005 ;     323 words ......their accommodation costs in London - up to a maximum of [Pound]20,902 for the year.This can go towards the cost of keeping...showed that Sinn Fein's four MPs claimed expenses totalling [Pound]472,485, despite not taking their seats.They are not paid...shortly.The four Sinn Fein members each received more than ...

Stormont forks out pound(s)42m for outside consultancy advice

Belfast Telegraph;  November 16, 2007 ;     428 words ......the previous year's tally of pound(s)31.71m. The figures were...statistics provided to the MLAs for a hearing yesterday included...offshoot bodies, climbed from pound(s)10.51m in 2005/06 to pound...s)1.1m. But it passed the pound(s)3.9m mark over a two- year...the original tender price of ...

[Pound]2m bill to keep Assembly running

Belfast Telegraph;  June 11, 2003 ;     311 words ......The total is made up of Assembly secretariat staffing, [Pound]785,000; Assembly secretariat running costs, [Pound]408,000; former MLAs salaries, [Pound]217,000; former MLAs staffing, [Pound]588,000 and all other member/party costs, [Pound]172,000...