BREAKING: MPs to get £5,000 pay rise taking salaries to close £100,000
MPs’ annual pay will rise by nearly £5,000 – taking their salaries to nearly £100,000.
Members of Parliament will see their salary rise to £98,599 for 2026-27, from the current level of £93,904.
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA), which has the legal duty to decide how much MPs should be paid, announced the update on Monday.
Analysis suggests MPs should receive a salary of around £110,000 by the scheduled end of the current parliament in 2029. IPSA aims to move towards in increments over the next three years.
In 2025 IPSA applied an interim increase, and in the last year has engaged the public in a wide-ranging programme of consultations to help guide decisions about MPs’ pay over a longer period.
Additionally, IPSA has undertaken a process to benchmark MPs’ pay against other responsible roles in the wider public sector and parliamentarians in similar democracies around the world.
As an initial step towards this figure, IPSA’s decision on pay for 2026-27 includes a 1.5% benchmarking adjustment, as well as a 3.5% cost-of-living increase.
Richard Lloyd, IPSA’s Chair, said: “The role of an MP has evolved. They are dealing with higher levels of complex casework, and abuse and intimidation towards MPs and their staff has been growing.
“In reaching our decision for 2026-27 we have benchmarked MPs’ pay against other responsible, senior roles in civic society and similar worldwide democracies, as well as considering our own core principles and the wider economic context.
“In future years we will continue to consider prevailing economic and fiscal conditions when confirming annual pay decisions taking into account the experience of people outside of parliament.”
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