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Responding to MP’s pay rising by 2.8 per cent for the next financial year, John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said:
“Taxpayers will be frustrated that while their own income is squeezed, MPs will face no such hardship.
“Despite overseeing a soaring tax burden and crumbling public services, Britain’s politicians are once again being rewarded despite their litany of failures.
“MP’s pay should be tied to GDP per capita, so that their earnings rise only when the country prospers.
TPA spokespeople are available for live and pre-recorded broadcast interviews via 07795 084 113 (no texts)
Media contact:
William Yarwood
Media Campaign Manager, TaxPayers' Alliance
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24-hour media hotline: 07795 084 113 (no texts)
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Founded in 2004 by Matthew Elliott and Andrew Allum, the TaxPayers' Alliance (TPA) campaigns to reform taxes and public services, cut waste and speak up for British taxpayers. Find out more at www.taxpayersalliance.com.
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TaxPayers' Alliance's research council.
- The TaxPayers’ Alliance recently declared that taxpayers are experiencing a “personal recession” due to two consecutive quarters of GDP per capita growth.