How to take the toxicity out of the MP’s salaries debate
The long drawn out process of giving MPs a divisive and unnecessary pay rise has been going on…
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The Pritchard investigation shows once again why we need action on MPs’ second jobs
The Daily Telegraph has reported today that the senior Conservative MP Mark Pritchard allegedly offered to use his…
Labour MPs are almost as bad as Tories when it comes to hiring relatives, data shows
At least 72 Conservative MPs and 65 Labour MPs have employed family members as staff and paid for…
VOTE: How should Labour MPs vote on Syria?
Update: There will no longer be a vote on military action this week, but we still want to…
The case for better pay for MPs
The leaders of all three major political parties, and most of their parliamentary followers, have responded with predictable…
Let’s end the farce over MPs’ wages once and for all
Today IPSA are going to propose a pay rise for MPs of around £6500. At a time when…
Say No to the recall of MPs!
I have been surprised by the extent of media and other support, including editorially by the Guardian, for…
The case for part-time MPs
Earlier this week, Mark Ferguson espoused an entirely sensible – and extremely popular – viewpoint: “If you’re doing a second job,…
MPs should be banned from having second jobs – but it’s not about the money…
Imagine you had a job where you were paid nearly three times the UK’s national average full-time salary.…
Working Class MPs – the end of a era?
It is interesting to see that the Labour Party is returning to the vexed issue of its parliamentary…
