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MPs are paid £81,932 as a basic rate. This is too much and they should take a pay cut. We are also sharing other ways MPs make money and abuse their power.

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We believe that MPs should take a pay cut for two reasons: first, everyone must pay for #Covid19 reprecussions, and, second, MPs salaries must represent the people's who live here. #TakeTheCut #ProveUsWrong #TheyWillAnswer

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If an MP’s salary was £50k, we would save £20.75 million a year. This could pay the salaries of an extra 1550 teaching assistants every year.
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Over the past 10 years, MPs have seen their salary increase by 24.6% whilst the average median income has increased by 17.6%. We’re all affected by wage stagnation right? Right.
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If an MP’s salary was £50k, we would save £20.75 million a year. This could pay the salaries of an extra 850 teachers outside of London every year.
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If an MP’s salary was £50k, we would save £20.75 million a year. This could pay the salaries of an extra 990 mental health support workers every year.
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If an MP’s salary was £50k, we would save £20.75 million a year. This could pay the salaries of an extra 690 newly qualified firefighters every year.
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If an MP’s salary was £50k, we would save £20.75 million a year. This could pay the salaries of an extra 830 newly qualified nurses every year.
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MPs pay, allowances and expenses take them from financial security into financial gain. 8/8

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The argument of better pay = better candidates compares the role of an MP to that of a CEO or of comparable standing. This is wrong. The country is not a business, it is a society that must deal with the needs of the people. 7/8

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We’re talking about the basic starting salary, allowances that include accommodation, working from home payments, paid surveys, staffing costs, office costs, rent payments, bill payments, carer payments, ‘Wind-Up’ costs, the list goes on. 6/8

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They should be fairly compensated for their commitment, and so financial security, not financial gain, is what underpins the state sector. So why are increased financial incentives used to attract better candidates as MPs? 5/8

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People join the NHS because they want to look after people, people become teachers because they want to make a difference through education and people become social workers because they want to try and help people. 4/8

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Generally, if you choose to work in the public sector, you are choosing to put the needs of society above your own personal needs (we also see this in the private sector). 3/8

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A higher salary as an incentive feeds into the narrative that this is the best way to attract better candidates. This may be true for the private sector, but this is not the attitude that underpins the public sector. 2/8

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“MPs are worth their salary, they should earn more than the people they represent because the job is very important, they run the country.” Here’s what we have to say to that. 1/8

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MPs that create or support a system that increases their personal wealth, at cost to the public, show that they do not understand these issues, let alone are people suitable to advocate for combating these issues. 5/5

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This becomes important when you consider the prevalence of poverty, stagnation of wages and rising living costs that affects the majority of our society. Especially when MP salaries have risen to specifically combat these issues. 4/5

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How does a higher than average salary make you better at representing people? Surely the greater the difference in financial gains, the less people you ultimately represent (on a financial basis). 3/5

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Here’s what we have to say to that.
‘Their job’ is to represent the people and our interests, to pass legislation, and if in government, to create it. 2/5

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“MPs are worth their salary, they should earn more than the people they represent because the job is very important, they run the country.” 1/5

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Between 2019/20, Labour MP for Cambridge, Daniel Zeichner, earnt £1,540 for completing surveys and it took him 9.5 hrs. Page 613, https://t.co/1cVvtdtGx1.
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