Comment on Opaque think tanks and landlords dominate Tory conference
Syldon@feddit.uk 8 months ago
MPs should not be allowed to earn money from secondary sources. If this means paying MPs more, then it is in our interests to do just that. We have been sold out for long enough now.
While we are at it remove all party donations and set up government funded platform for canvassing. Elections with the highest budgets are usually the most successful. It is just another form of paid legislation.
Gsus4@feddit.nl 8 months ago
I’d like to have an idea of the history of MP pay in terms of the average salary to understand if this is a new thing, if they have always had side businesses and claimed “favours” later or if there is an actual decline in the status of “civic duty”.
Syldon@feddit.uk 8 months ago
GL finding the MPs who will give up that data.
Gsus4@feddit.nl 8 months ago
yes, but it’s a body that has existed for more than 300 years, there must be some way to get an impression on it through the times :)
0x815@feddit.de 8 months ago
MPs in the UK received £10m for second jobs and freelance in 2022..
The additional income must be declared and is then published at the register of members’ financial interest on the parliament’s website. Here’s a version from 2022 (pdf).
I personally don’t think that the additional income during their membership alone is relevant but also the ‘revolving door’ policy between industry/lobbying groups and politics, and not to forget the funding and support of campaigns a.d the like (meaning that interest groups support the party, not the individual politician).
But that’s just my opinion, and it’s not a problem only in the UK imo.