>Ministers’ salaries are made up of two elements – their pay as an MSP and a separate ministerial salary reflecting their responsibilities within government.
>Since the start of the freeze, they have declined to take their full combined pay entitlement – with about £2.2m of public spending saved as a result since 2009.
>The Scottish government said the freeze on the ministerial element would continue, but from 1 April ministers would receive their full MSP entitlement – now set at £74,507 – resulting in an overall rise in the amount they receive.
Aye – they love to vote themselves a pay rise. Fuckin parasites
It’s crazy to freeze anyone’s salary range at the same rate as 2009.
Oink
SNP for Scotland or themselves?
Fucking politicians,always out for themselves
Aye I’m sure they were struggling on a mere 81k a year they really needed that boost to over 100k to help with the cost of living
Wait, people think this is a lot of money for running a country?
Don’t necessarily have an issue with them deciding to halt the freeze, but the increment seems wild. You wouldn’t get an equivalent rise in any other profession in similar circumstances I’d suspect.
23.5% increase for a junior minister. No qualifications or life experience required.
It’s a pity they don’t get performance related pay determined on A&E waiting times being reduced, waiting times for surgery being reduced, reduction in child poverty and an increase in the educational of children in state schools.
You’d need to pay me more than that to be an MP or MSP. The extreme scrutiny over tiny things, regular public floggings, terrible job security, and at least 50% of the electorate instantly hating you for the colour of your logo? No thanks
If anyone’s interested in a bunch of public sector staff who pay themselves better than MSPs and do even less work check out these disgraces
The twats that think that’s a good wage for the level of commitment and job insecurity are thick as shite.
Just in time for them refusing to renew the rent cap as well. What a double windfall for a lot of them too!
The good news is that due to their crippling tax rates they won’t see much of it anyway and it will end up back in the public purse.
Its not a freeze if you suddenly re-apply the salary but add all of the missed increments. Thats farcical.
The days of a Scottish nationalist movement where you had people like Tommy Sheridan taking the average wage seem like some kind of antediluvian fable.
These grifters, these chundering mediocrities, have spent 15 years relentlessly working the grievance dynamics of Scotland’s relationship to the union to the point where people are actually *proud* of Scotland having a useless political class and a gravy train, just so long as its nominally “anti Westminster.”
No matter where you go in the world…politicians are crooks
The median salary for Scots in 2024 was around £38,428.
Even the lowest role in the table provided in the article is almost twice the median salary of Scotland.
This rise, especially now, leaves a sour taste in many mouths.
Although it’ll probably never happen, MSP salaries should be directly linked to the average/median salary in their constituencies – If the MSP wants a pay rise, it should be the result of improving the lives and salaries of their constituents. If an MSP can’t survive on the average or median salary for their constituency, how can they expect their constituents?
As if that meant anything, all of them get greased by third parties.
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Might get into politics and join the gravy train
Handy table in the article:
https://preview.redd.it/yw9f0pic5uue1.jpeg?width=955&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=db379a70c2a99019a48a9f44b2cbf3b26f6b2819
>Ministers’ salaries are made up of two elements – their pay as an MSP and a separate ministerial salary reflecting their responsibilities within government.
>Since the start of the freeze, they have declined to take their full combined pay entitlement – with about £2.2m of public spending saved as a result since 2009.
>The Scottish government said the freeze on the ministerial element would continue, but from 1 April ministers would receive their full MSP entitlement – now set at £74,507 – resulting in an overall rise in the amount they receive.
Aye – they love to vote themselves a pay rise. Fuckin parasites
It’s crazy to freeze anyone’s salary range at the same rate as 2009.
Oink
SNP for Scotland or themselves?
Fucking politicians,always out for themselves
Aye I’m sure they were struggling on a mere 81k a year they really needed that boost to over 100k to help with the cost of living
Wait, people think this is a lot of money for running a country?
Don’t necessarily have an issue with them deciding to halt the freeze, but the increment seems wild. You wouldn’t get an equivalent rise in any other profession in similar circumstances I’d suspect.
23.5% increase for a junior minister. No qualifications or life experience required.
It’s a pity they don’t get performance related pay determined on A&E waiting times being reduced, waiting times for surgery being reduced, reduction in child poverty and an increase in the educational of children in state schools.
You’d need to pay me more than that to be an MP or MSP. The extreme scrutiny over tiny things, regular public floggings, terrible job security, and at least 50% of the electorate instantly hating you for the colour of your logo? No thanks
If anyone’s interested in a bunch of public sector staff who pay themselves better than MSPs and do even less work check out these disgraces
https://www.scottish-enterprise.com/media/ur3fsbrj/scottish-enterprise-senior-salary-disclosure-as-at-021023.pdf
The twats that think that’s a good wage for the level of commitment and job insecurity are thick as shite.
Just in time for them refusing to renew the rent cap as well. What a double windfall for a lot of them too!
The good news is that due to their crippling tax rates they won’t see much of it anyway and it will end up back in the public purse.
Its not a freeze if you suddenly re-apply the salary but add all of the missed increments. Thats farcical.
The days of a Scottish nationalist movement where you had people like Tommy Sheridan taking the average wage seem like some kind of antediluvian fable.
These grifters, these chundering mediocrities, have spent 15 years relentlessly working the grievance dynamics of Scotland’s relationship to the union to the point where people are actually *proud* of Scotland having a useless political class and a gravy train, just so long as its nominally “anti Westminster.”
No matter where you go in the world…politicians are crooks
The median salary for Scots in 2024 was around £38,428.
https://www.gov.scot/publications/annual-survey-of-hours-and-earnings-2024/pages/employee-earnings/
Even the lowest role in the table provided in the article is almost twice the median salary of Scotland.
This rise, especially now, leaves a sour taste in many mouths.
Although it’ll probably never happen, MSP salaries should be directly linked to the average/median salary in their constituencies – If the MSP wants a pay rise, it should be the result of improving the lives and salaries of their constituents. If an MSP can’t survive on the average or median salary for their constituency, how can they expect their constituents?
As if that meant anything, all of them get greased by third parties.
What’s that in camper vans?
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