Consultation on MP pay - are they worth a 10% pay rise? #BBCNolan
Should we give our MP's a pay rise? The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) is to hold a public consultation on plans to raise MPs' pay by 10%. The current salary is £67,060 so this would give them a boost of over £6,000! But do you think they're worth it - or perhaps you would cut their wages? This all comes on the back of news that special advisors in Northern Ireland are the best paid in the UK on around £90,000. Special advisors or, SPADs, are party appointed officials who help Stormont ministers? Stephen gets the views of commentator Adrienne Peltz and former Lib Dem MP Lembit Opik