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MPs award themselves a website pay rise.
Byline: Daniel Griffin
MPs award themselves a website pay rise
Daniel Griffin
MPs have voted to award themselves a [pounds sterling]10,000 a year pay rise for new websites as part of their communications allowance. The hike was recommended by a parliamentary committee to improve communication between MPs and taxpayers.
MPs already pocket [pounds sterling]7,000 for printed communications, which allows for the distribution of constituency newsletters, press releases, petitions, contact cards and hosting of online surgeries. It must not be used for campaigning, fundraising, recruitment of party members or for running surveys and polls.
The extra [pounds sterling]10,000 is intended to make the content on MPs' websites more uniform and to help them communicate more openly about their parliamentary activities.
Jack Straw, leader of the Commons, said: "The purpose of this allowance is to contribute to better public understanding of what this parliament is about and what it does."
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Source: HighBeam Research, MPs award themselves a website pay rise.