Downing Street downplays plan to raise MPs' salaries
DOWNING Street last night played down a reports that Prime Minister Gordon Brown is planning to offer MPs a £3,000 wage rise to buy off a back-bench rebellion over expenses.
Reports suggested that Mr Brown would pay for an increase in MPs' basic salary by cutting ministers' wages, as he seeks to avoid a Commons mutiny over next month's report on expenses by Sir Christopher Kelly.
Sir Christopher is widely expected to recommend scaling back the expenses which MPs can claim, as well as barring them from employing members of their own families.
Last night, a Downing Street source said: "We do not recognise the suggestion that the Prime Minister is advocating any specific proposals.
"He is eagerly awaiting the results of Sir Christopher Kelly's independent review, which will provide the basis for any future decisions."
An MPs' basic salary is 64,766, while the 98 members of the government earn between 96,000 and 197,000.
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