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MPs have today been granted a pay increase to £76,000.
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority - or Ipsa - approved the salary boost on Friday. It will take effect on 1 April.
MPs will see their pay rise by 1.4%, taking them from earning £74,962 to £76,011.
Ipsa said the move was “in line with our determination on MPs’ pay” and that the rise mirrored the same increase public sector workers earned.
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The average public sector earnings figure is taken from an ONS index which calculates average take-home pay, including money earned through promotions and bonuses.
Public sector salaries, though, are capped at 1% until 2019 - a measure introduced by the former Chancellor George Osborne.
MPs received a substantial pay-rise back in May 2015, when they saw their pay rise by almost £7,000.
The move was condemned by many MPs, while 25 even donated the extra cash to charity.