MPs’ pay will rise by 2.8% for the next financial year – taking their salaries to near £100,000.
MPs will see their salary rise to £93,904 for 2025-26 following the rise. Last year MPs received a pay rise of 5.5%, lifting their annual salary to £91,346.
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) confirmed MPs be getting a 2.8% pay rise after recommending the figure last month. It is the same pay uplift given across the public sector, including for NHS staff and teachers. IPSA has now confirmed the pay rise for MPs after its recommendation was part of a consultation.
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IPSA is an independent body and considers a range of metrics when deciding on MPs’ pay. This includes national statistics on pay and reward in the public sector, its own pay principles, and the wider economic context.
When IPSA first announced the 2.8% figure, Richard Lloyd OBE, IPSA’s Chair, said: “IPSA has been responsible for deciding MPs’ pay since 2011. Since then, our aim has been to make fair decisions on pay, both for MPs and the public.
“Our pay proposal for 2025-26 reflects the experience of the wider working public sector population, and recognises both the vital role of MPs and the current economic climate.”
In December, NHS workers and teachers responded with fury after a pay rise of 2.8% was proposed by ministers – sparking fears raised the country could descend into strikes again. Unions hit out at the pay rise being not only low but unfunded, meaning public services would have to make cuts elsewhere to up pay.
Unison trade union said the proposed rise was “barely above the cost of living”, while teachers’ union the Association of School and College Leaders said the news was “extremely disappointing”. Nurses said the “offensive” pay rise was worth as little as £2 extra a day – “less than the price of a coffee” – and puts the government’s hopes of rebuilding the NHS in jeopardy. And it was warned it means “there could well be more” strikes if the problems are not resolved.
The National Education Union is currently balloting its members to gauge the strength of feeling about the Government’s recent recommendation to the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) of an unfunded 2.8% pay rise for teachers in 2025/26.