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The salary increase was decided by the Senior Salaries Review Body
MPs receive £1K pay rise

By politics.co.uk staff MPs will receive a pay increase of £1,000, taking their basic salary up to £65,737 a year. The decision was made by the Senior Salaries Review Body without any input from MPs, and will go through automatically. It calculated the amount by looking at changes to pay in other areas of the… Read more »

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Gordon Brown at the Chilcot inquiry today
Brown: I gave them every penny

By Alex Stevenson Gordon Brown has insisted he agreed to every request made by defence chiefs during the Iraq war, in a politically charged session at the Chilcot inquiry. The prime minister had been accused by a previous witness that as chancellor he “guillotined” defence spending for Iraq.. Within the opening half-hour of evidence, however,… Read more »