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| MPs' 10% pay rise: What David Cameron and the Tory Cabinet have said on the issue | MPs' 10% pay rise: What David Cameron and the Tory Cabinet have said on the issue |
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| MPs have been given a 10% pay rise, with salaries set to increase from £67,070 to £74,000. | MPs have been given a 10% pay rise, with salaries set to increase from £67,070 to £74,000. |
| Here is what the Prime Minister and Cabinet ministers have had to say on the controversial topic: | Here is what the Prime Minister and Cabinet ministers have had to say on the controversial topic: |
| David Cameron, December 2013 | David Cameron, December 2013 |
| David Cameron (Getty)"The idea of an 11% pay rise in one year at a time of pay restraint, I think, is simply unacceptable. | |
| "Ipsa do need to think again and unless they do so, I don't think anyone will want to rule anything out. | "Ipsa do need to think again and unless they do so, I don't think anyone will want to rule anything out. |
| "No one wants to go back to MPs voting on their own pay but we've got to have a process and an outcome that can build public confidence. | "No one wants to go back to MPs voting on their own pay but we've got to have a process and an outcome that can build public confidence. |
| "In my view, I think all this should be accompanied with a cut in the cost of politics... | "In my view, I think all this should be accompanied with a cut in the cost of politics... |
| "I think it would be wrong for MPs to get a pay rise at a time of public sector pay restraint. All three party leaders agree on that. We've all made this point to Ipsa and I think we should be clear that what they've said is not a final recommendation." | "I think it would be wrong for MPs to get a pay rise at a time of public sector pay restraint. All three party leaders agree on that. We've all made this point to Ipsa and I think we should be clear that what they've said is not a final recommendation." |
| Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond - then Defence Secretary - December 2013 | Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond - then Defence Secretary - December 2013 |
| "So long as I'm the Defence Secretary presiding over a situation where the troops that serve our country so brilliantly are facing a 1% pay rise, I won't be taking a pay increase... | |
| "Whatever the rights and wrongs of whether MPs' pay is too high, too low, comparable to other people, at a time when we are asking people across the public sector - nurses, doctors, teachers - to accept pay restraint, members of Parliament have to be seen to be leading the way." | "Whatever the rights and wrongs of whether MPs' pay is too high, too low, comparable to other people, at a time when we are asking people across the public sector - nurses, doctors, teachers - to accept pay restraint, members of Parliament have to be seen to be leading the way." |
| Justice Secretary Michael Gove - then Education Secretary - on whether MPs should get the increase, in December 2013 | Justice Secretary Michael Gove - then Education Secretary - on whether MPs should get the increase, in December 2013 |
| Michael Gove (Getty)"Absolutely not. MPs are incredibly well paid at the moment anyway, as are ministers... | |
| "Ipsa - it's a bit of a silly organisation really and pay rise? They can stick it." | "Ipsa - it's a bit of a silly organisation really and pay rise? They can stick it." |
| Education Secretary Nicky Morgan, June 2015 | Education Secretary Nicky Morgan, June 2015 |
| "I think MPs are going to make it very clear that they don't think this is the right thing to do... | |
| "Everyone from the Prime Minister downwards has said this is not the right time to have this sort of, or any kind of, pay rise really... | "Everyone from the Prime Minister downwards has said this is not the right time to have this sort of, or any kind of, pay rise really... |
| "I already make charitable donations and it is an opportunity to increase them." | "I already make charitable donations and it is an opportunity to increase them." |
| International Development Secretary Justine Greening, June 2015 | International Development Secretary Justine Greening, June 2015 |
| Justine Greening (AFP/Getty)"I don't think it is acceptable, I don't think you can justify it actually. Ipsa have come forward with this proposal of 10% pay rise at a completely inappropriate time. | |
| "I think that we do need to sort out what's happening with Ipsa because how anyone can think that this kind of a proposal is acceptable is utterly beyond me... | "I think that we do need to sort out what's happening with Ipsa because how anyone can think that this kind of a proposal is acceptable is utterly beyond me... |
| "They are in charge of making the right proposal and they have got it wrong." | "They are in charge of making the right proposal and they have got it wrong." |
| Press Association | Press Association |
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