MP's to get 11% salary increase (£7,600) - how disgraceful is that?

There are plenty that have to eek out an existance on £7,600 let alone it being handed to them as a salary increase!

This increase will bring their annual salary to £74,000 and in my book that is at least £44,000 too much!

Bl...y disgraceful, what say you members?

Yes, I am aware of Nigel Farage and his remuneration as MEP Edward, but he represents us by speaking his mind there. I think he says what most of us want to say, but will never get the chance.

At least we get a return from Nigel Farage, which is hard to find with the other gaggle of irks!

John, Perhaps I should have clarified that my comment was about Charity Chief Executives and Senior Managers, having just read that one such had received a very charitable £653,000 in 2012 - 2013 (St. Andrew's Healthcare Charity) . see link here

My comment was not meant to diminish the efforts of the volunteers who work for free, but to highlight an inflation of executive pay in the Charity sector, where at least 30 charity bosses are paid over £100,000 per annum see link here and 9 charity bosses are paid over £300,000 per annum see link here 

All of this is happening in a time of recession when donations are falling. 

Yes, John, the commitment of charity workers such as yourself at the 'sharp end'  must be put under strain by the knowledge that the 'fat cats' in the organisation are enjoying such high rewards. It seems to be common to so many organisations these days, which was the drift of my original post.

There is a detailed report by the ONS (Office of National Statistics) which confirms that wages are rising faster for the wealthy, (as if we did not already know that)  see ONS report 

Hi John, I am not sure what you mean by not taking into account the charity sector. A huge amount of charity work is voluntary, so being unpaid work, it is not included in this particular report. For those charity workers who are paid, I imagine they would have been captured under the category of Chief Executives & Senior Officials. 

The chart at the end of the report shows the ratio of the lowest to highest pay by region. In London, the ratio is about 16 times, and in the South-East generally, it is about 10 times. As you say, within any given zone there will be areas of wealth and areas of deprivation, so within London, for example, you would find many more high earners in Kensington & Chelsea  than in Tottenham. The report averages out local variations.

What I find shocking is the extreme difference in pay rates between the bottom 1% of the population sample and the top 1%. It means that for someone in London who is struggling on the national minimum wage of £6.31 per hour, there is also someone in the top 1% who is getting at least £101 per hour.   

The thieving pigs have a clever system.  No longer do they set their own pay rates.  They set up an "independant" panel to give them a rise then the panel can take the flack.  The pigs are now grunting on TV about how they do not want the money !!

 Some of the scum have complained that they are paid less than doctors !!!!!!  can you believe these idiots.

on another note

Notice how Cameron speaks very highly of the coke snorting millionaire booby girl who turns cooking and spoon licking in to an erotic fantasy.