General Chat

What a scandal, when the general public are going to have to struggle, these people get so much money.

Charles Clarke has been on local tv slagging off Gordon Browne again. What an arrogant man he is, he goes against all the government are trying to do against obesity.


Lizx


£50k 'golden goodbyes' for our local MPs
SARAH BREALEY

Last updated: 09/06/2010 17:58:00

Departing MPs in Norfolk and north Suffolk received pay-offs totalling £228,000 between them after the general election.

MPs who stand down or lose their seats are entitled to “resettlement grants” worth between 50pc and 100pc of an MPs' annual £64,766 salary.

The amount varies according to age and length of service, with MPs aged 55-64 with 15 or more years in the Commons getting the maximum £64,766 payment.

A new report shows that Charles Clarke, 59, who was defeated in Norwich South, Tony Wright, 55, who was defeated in Great Yarmouth, and Bob Blizzard, 59, who was defeated in Waveney, all received £54,403.44 in resettlement grants. All three were first elected in 1997 and had served 13 years as an MP. The first £30,000 of this is tax-free and is in addition to their parliamentary pension.

Christopher Fraser, who stood down in South-West Norfolk after five years as an MP, received £32,383. John Gummer, who stood down in Suffolk Coastal, received the same amount, even though he had been an MP for 31 years. The reason is that MPs past retirement age receive less, as they can claim their parliamentary pension.

Across the country, 218 departing MPs are entitled to a total of £10.4 million - an average of £47,706. This year's total is higher than usual because of the large turnover of MPs in the wake of the expenses scandal.

Last year's Kelly report into MPs' expenses recommended that members who step down voluntarily should receive only eight weeks' pay. But the new Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) watchdog has not yet decided whether to reform the system in time for the next election.

The prime minister's official spokesman said: "My understanding is that these are contractual entitlements. Clearly, Ipsa will be looking at the whole regime and making recommendations for the future.”

I added somethig similar to a thread a while ago before the General Election and someone came back and said ""They deserve the money"" think she meant the MP's but when it's the tax payers money and they know themselves that being an MP isn't for life then I don't think they should get any more money.

It is supposed to be classed as redundancy money as they were voted out by the taxpayer.

Have always said that MP's are in the government to line their own pockets..

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Wish my redundancy was that generous!
I think I got 1 months pay - and a measley pay that was!

So much for cutting back on spending, eh?

Most of these people will only be caring about lining their own pockets and the glory of being in powerful positions.

Lizx

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Loves yah Liz..... BUT, it is only redundancy money when all's said and done.
We all deserve it if we lose our jobs.
creeps out quietly.... if you catch me, please don't hit me too hard.... I'm disabled enough... boo hoo hoo


it was someone else wat writ it....X

It is the equivalent of a redundancy payment. Approx one years salary for someone with 15 years of service.

It is in line with the sort of terms that larger public companies offer their staff.