The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority has announced MPs yearly salary will go up from £67,060 to £74,000. Giving a total of £6,940 to each of our 650 MPs, this means an additional spend of £4,511,000 every year.
Here's a few other things the taxpayer's money could go towards:
Things We Could Buy With The MPs' Pay Rise (LIST)
22,555,000 Freddos(01 of13)
At the totally acceptable price of 20p, we could buy more than 22 million Freddos every year with that extra money.
2,742 duck houses for Peter Viggers(02 of13)
We were all up in arms when Viggers expensed a £1,645 pond feature, but with this pay hike we could buy almost 3,000 of them every year. (credit:Oli Scarff via Getty Images)
The entire salaries of 208 NHS nurses(03 of13)
Yeah, we're not sure who deserves it more... (credit:Alamy)
2,255,500 school dinners(04 of13)
At £2 per meal, a lot of children could eat lunch for free with that money. That's 11,871 lunches per school day. (credit:Shutterstock / Monkey Business Images)
50,122 haircuts for David Cameron(05 of13)
The PM's average haircut sets him back £90, although we suspect he probably gets a discount since his stylist was awarded an MBE. (credit:Andrew Parsons/PA Archive)
Tuition for 500 university students(06 of13)
Bit of a drop in the ocean, but every little helps...
62 water cannon for Boris Johnson to play with(07 of13)
Boris spent £218,000 on three used German water cannon units, but was recently told he wasn't allowed to use them in the UK. Boo.
4,556,565 Mayo Chickens for 99p(08 of13)
The PM could nab more than 4.5 million McDonald's Mayo Chickens, although we imagine George Osborne would prefer a trip to Byron Burger or the taxpayer subsidised Commons canteen.
902,200 Labour Party "Controls on Immigration" mugs(09 of13)
Remember that mug? That was a bit awkward. You can't actually see it on the Labour Party website anymore... You might need to go direct to the seller.
Half of the Chilcot Report(10 of13)
According to their website, the Chilcot Inquiry has cost the taxpayer £10,375,000 since 2009, meaning the MPs' yearly pay rise could buy around 43% of it. (credit:David Cheskin/PA Wire)
31,003 licence fees(11 of13)
It's a bit of a drop in the ocean of 24.5 million licence fees paid every year, but it's a start. (credit:Jonathan Brady/PA Wire)
10% of Raheem Sterling(12 of13)
The government could've used that money to snag 10% of ex-Liverpool forward Raheem Sterling at the same price Manchester City paid. The only question is, which 10%? (credit:Michael Regan - The FA via Getty Images)
Probably Greece, at today's prices(13 of13)
Quite a bargain, and certainly a nicer place for David Cameron to go on holiday than Newquay. (credit:shutterstock)