Here’s how much MPs and MSPs get paid

By Ethan Shone

Published 12th Oct 2020, 13:54 BST

Updated 12th Oct 2020, 13:54 BST

Here’s how much MPs and MSPs get paid
(Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images) — Here’s how much MPs and MSPs get paid (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

A review of MPs pay carried out by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA), has recommended that members of UK parliament should have their salaries increased by more than £3,000 next year.

Against a backdrop of economic uncertainty which has led to highs in unemployment with a further raft of redundancies expected, many have called for MPs salaries to be frozen, as has been the case in other countries such as New Zealand.

Here’s how much MPs and MSPs get paid

How much will salaries go up by?