Should MP salaries be performance-linked to GDP? The political debate
Mar 11, 2026
As MPs receive an inflation-busting five per cent pay rise, we ask if itโs time to better incentivise politicians by linking their pay to economic growth.
If pay in the private sector is not determined by performance, why not in the public sector? Or would it encourage politicians to fudge the numbers?
City AM's Anna Moloney sets out the arguments.
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