Peers could get pay rise after complaining that tax-free £305 daily allowance isn’t enough
GREEDY peers could be getting a hefty pay rise after moaning their £305 daily tax-free allowance is not enough. The parliamentary authorities are considering whacking up the cash given to lords who live outside London. One peer is demanding they are given £175 a day for housing costs alone, according to MailOnline. If granted, it […]
GREEDY peers could be getting a hefty pay rise after moaning their £305 daily tax-free allowance is not enough.
The parliamentary authorities are considering whacking up the cash given to lords who live outside London.
One peer is demanding they are given £175 a day for housing costs alone, according to MailOnline.
If granted, it would see their pay rocket by a staggering 60 per cent.
And it would mean unelected peers could rake in an eye-watering £70,000 a year for just 150 days work.
The demand will spark fury among hard-pressed Brits who have endure years of a wage squeeze.
The parliamentary authorities are understood to be demanding that any changes do not increase the overall cost of taxpayer-funded expenses.
They are hoping to drum up the cash by saving money from a wave of retirements from the House of Lords.
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The minutes of a meeting earlier this year state: “Some members made the point that the current scheme does not provide adequate compensation,.
“One member made the point that in some cases, the House is incurring a greater overall cost because of some Members who submit travel expense claims for travelling long distances, a practice which avoids incurring overnight accommodation costs.”
The commission “discussed how ongoing efforts to reduce the size of the House may present an opportunity to reallocate funds to Members who incur accommodation costs”.
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One peer involved in the process told MailOnline: “If you live in London you get the same as if you live in Orkney.
“Okay, you get travel down to London, but people who live in or around London have got a home there.
“There are various suggestions that people have made. Some people have suggested reducing the allowance for people living in London and increasing the allowance for people outside London, others have suggested just an addition.”
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