I actually think we should pay elected officials - also, too, civil servants and not just the top ones - more than we tend to do. Until they start
whining about it.
For one Conservative minister, being paid £67,060 just wasn't enough.
So when the House of Commons expenses watchdog approved a 10 per cent pay rise today, he must have taken a huge sigh of relief - he'll be dragged above the breadline now he and his 649 fellow MPs have received a £7,000 pay rise.
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Luckily for Mr Ellwood, he is paid an extra £20,375 because he's a junior minister. Let's just hope he has a big enough calculator to count the £96,435 pennies he'll now be receiving every single year.
