Should MPs be getting £7,000 pay rise? #BBCNolan

Jul 17, 2015, 09:19 AM

Does £74,000 sound like a decent salary? That's what our MPs will be taking home - a pay rise of more than 10 per cent. The body that sets the level of members' income says the increase will settle the parliamentary for a generation. But at a time of austerity when the government is making further cuts to welfare, should MPs be getting a pay rise? Enda gets the views of Tory MP Jerry Hayes, commentator Eamon McCann, DUP MP Gregory Campbell and political commentator Seamus Close