LOCAL MPs SIGNAL THEIR WILLINGNESS TO FORFEIT PROPOSED HIKE IN SALARY

                                                                              

 The letter and its signatories

                                        

LIA Nici (Great Grimsby) and Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes) have signed a Conservative colleague's letter calling for a freeze on MPs' pay.

A pay rise of £3,360 has been recommended by the  Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, but Bishop Auckland MP Dehenna Davison, says a hike would be inappropriate in these  Covid-distressed times.

Says she: “When so many of our constituents are facing uncertainty, it is only right that we help shoulder the burden.”

In a tweet, Ms Nici says she supports a freeze for "this year".

The basic annual salary of an MP is £81,932 as of April this year.

In addition, MPs are able to claim allowances to cover the costs both of running an office and employing staff and of maintaining a constituency residence or a residence in London. 

Additional salary is paid for appointments or additional duties, such as ministerial appointments, being a whip, chairing a select committee or chairing a Public Bill committee.

Many MPs also enjoy income from other sources.

Since her election, the Grimsby MP has also remained a North East Lincolnshire councillor but, tweaked by her conscience, she ceased taking remuneration from the civic coffers in summer.

Although he has not signed the letter, the Prime Minister has stated his support for Ms Davison's initiative.                            

Dehenna Davison - MPs should share the financial burden