MPs’ pay will rise from £67,060 to £74,000, the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) has announced.
Conservative MPs are to be given a printed code of conduct on how they should treat their staff in the workplace in the wake of claims about sexual harassment.
There were 300,000 attempts to access online pornography from Parliament last year, at a time when the government are pushing forward with plans to censor the internet for households around the globe.
Richard Murphy explains why he supports a pay rise for MPs, and how a higher salary could help reduce the abuse of position that has resulted in a number of recent scandals.
MP for Mid-Bedforshire, Nadine Dorries has been suspended by the Conservative Party over her decision to appear on ITV1’s I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here.