Since his election victory in 2010, Prime Minister David Cameron has seen Britain experience the largest drop in wages out of any country in the EUMPs should get a 9% pay rise next year as planned, the body overseeing their salaries and expenses has said.
Marcial Boo, chief executive of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa), said MPs did an important job and should not be paid a "miserly amount".
Their pay will go up from £67,000 to £74,000 under Ipsa's plan.