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Rejected Block the MP's 2.7% increase.

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The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority has announced MPs’ basic pay is to increase by 2.7% to £79,468 from April 1st. I think this is shocking in the current climate and if anything should be a decrease or nothing at all.

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