POLITICIANS will receive a better pay deal than nurses with their inflation-busting rise – taking their salaries to just shy of £100,000.
Westminster MPs will see their pay go up by around 5 per cent which is higher than the the 3.3 per cent hike nurses will receive.
The move is set to provoke fury as the public grapples with the cost of living crisis.
The annual pay for MPs will even hit a staggering £110,000 by 2029, after a review by the independent watchdog.
More than a million health staff including nurses, midwives, physios and porters will all get the smaller hike in the next financial year.
The Indpendent Parliamentary Standards Authority says the politicians are having to put up with more “abuse and intimidation”.
The annual pay for MPs will go up to £98,599 from April which is up from £93,904 for the past financial year.
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority also said that MPs are having to deal with an increasing load of constituency work.
They also revealed that they are having to compare an MP’s role with similar positions across the public sector and other democracies around the world.
A top band NHS Consultant receives £160,951 and an Army Colonel £122,849.
Politicians in Ireland receive £101,361, those in Canada £112,705 and in America they receive £128,673.
The increase for MPs is made up of 3.5 per cent cost-of-living increase and also a 1.5 per cent adjustment.
Richard Lloyd, the chair of IPSA, said: “The role of an MP has evolved. They are dealing with higher levels of complex casework, and abuse and intimidation towards MPs and their staff has been growing.
“In reaching our decision for 2026-27 we have benchmarked MPs’ pay against other responsible, senior roles in civic society and similar worldwide democracies, as well as considering our own core principles and the wider economic context.
“In future years we will continue to consider prevailing economic and fiscal conditions when confirming annual pay decisions taking into account the experience of people outside of parliament.”
John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance said: “Taxpayers will be seething to see politicians receive an inflation-busting pay rise, all while they suffer a personal recession.
“After years of broken promises, falling living standards and deteriorating public services, MPs are being rewarded for failure with a princely pay boost.
“Politicians should not be insulated from the consequences of their own actions.
“Their pay should be linked to real living standards measured by GDP per capita.”
