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Article: (1) LONDON MPS PAY BONANZA(2) Spot checks to make sure MPs dont claim for false expenses ; (1) 7% rise would give them extra [pounds]7,500 per year(2) It comes as public told to curb demands
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 25, 2008
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THE MPs of inner London constituencies were today in line for a
[pounds]4,584 pay rise an inflation busting seven per cent.
It is on top of the [pounds]2,916 London allowance they were
going to get anyway and means their income could go up by
[pounds]7,500. Their basic salary is currently [pounds]61,820.
The [pounds]4,584 rise was recommended by a Commons review of
expenses which said current Westminster pay scales failed to
recognise the cost of living in the capital and anti-social hours.
It will go to MPs including Westminster's Mark Field, Vauxhall's
Kate Hoey and Sir Malcolm Rif kind of Kensington & Chelsea.
But some MPs said the rise was too steep at a time when most
people are being ...