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To: Committee on Standards in Public Life
Part-Time Salaries for Part-Time MPs
After the recent news that George Osborne has taken a full time editorial position for a London publisher, we require IPSA to undertake a full investigation into the additional work MPs do to understand if they are justifying their salaries.
Whilst we acknowledge that there are many MPs who do work very hard and earn their full salaries, there are clearly many MPs who don't.
Whilst we acknowledge that there are many MPs who do work very hard and earn their full salaries, there are clearly many MPs who don't.
Why is this important?
For most people in the UK, a full time job is a 35-42 hour per week position, and to get a full time salary it is expected that this work is completed.
However, we clearly have MPs undertaking additional work that means that it is impossible that they are fulfilling the hours required to justify a full time MPs salary.
With wages stagnating, 0 hour contracts becoming a reality for thousands of workers, increasing budget cuts and a recent rise in the annual salary of MPs, it is unjustifiable that so many are abdicating their duties, and subcontracting their workload to their staff and interns (also paid for by the tax payer).
We need a full audit of the time MPs spend undertaking their roles vs. other commercial enterprises in order to relieve the tax burden on many millions of UK citizens.
If an MP cannot demonstrate that they are committing full time hours to their role, they should be paid, pro-rata, based on the hours they can justify.
However, we clearly have MPs undertaking additional work that means that it is impossible that they are fulfilling the hours required to justify a full time MPs salary.
With wages stagnating, 0 hour contracts becoming a reality for thousands of workers, increasing budget cuts and a recent rise in the annual salary of MPs, it is unjustifiable that so many are abdicating their duties, and subcontracting their workload to their staff and interns (also paid for by the tax payer).
We need a full audit of the time MPs spend undertaking their roles vs. other commercial enterprises in order to relieve the tax burden on many millions of UK citizens.
If an MP cannot demonstrate that they are committing full time hours to their role, they should be paid, pro-rata, based on the hours they can justify.
