UK ministers and MPs get the following allowances:
(a) Personal Additional Accommodation Expenditure - This is reimbursement for additional expenses staying away from their main home. In short, it covers payments for a second home. This includes rent, mortgage interest, council tax, hotel accommodation, utility bills (gas, water, electricity, oil, telephone calls and line rental) service charges,insurance (building and content) and overnight subsistence of £25 (S$49) per night that a UK MP spends away from his or her main home on parliamentary business.
(b) Administrative and Office Expenditure
(c) Staffing Expenditure
(d) Travel Expenditure - This includes public transport fare, mileage for cars, motorbikes and bicycles, reasonable parking, taxi and private hire car cost, and overnight accommodation for parliamentary business. They have a travel card for train, air, coach, ferry and parking cost for themselves, family and staff, European travel and family travel. There is no restriction on class of travel.
(e) Communication Expenditure - This in-cludes allowances for newsletters, questionnaires, surveys and petitions, contact cards, distribution costs, advertising strategies and constituency meetings, websites and capital purchases.
(f) House Stationery and Postage
(g) Resettlement Grant
(h) Winding-up Expenditure
(i) Security Budget
Best of all - these allowances are deductible from income for tax purpose, that is, the UK MPs do not have to pay income tax on these allowances.
This does not take into account food privileges.
I read an interesting article in the International Express, Tuesday, Jan 10 edition, which reported that in the financial year 2010-2011, the UK taxpayers had to fork out £5.8 million for MPs' food. Under a UK taxpayer-funded subsidy, UK MPs enjoy cheap meals, wines and spirits in the House of Commons. The International Express reported that last year this amount soared to £5.8 million, an increase of £87,000, notwithstanding that in June 2010, the Commons Commission said £500,000 should be lopped off catering costs, and bar prices should match those of high street pubs.
In the UK Members' Dining Room, the UK MPs apparently enjoy artichoke and tomato salad with truffle dressing for £2.05, or a chargrilled rib-eye steak with hand-cut chips and bearnaise sauce for £7.80. The International Express reported that a total of £1.33 million was spent in the Commons Bars for the year ending March 31, 2011, which meant that for every £10 that a UK MP spent on lunch in the UK Parliament Bar, £7.60 was paid for by the public in the financial year 2010-2011.'
Indranee Rajah
The WP's proposed $55,000 monthly salary for an entry-level minister was more than the lowest monthly salary proposed by the committee, of $46,750.
Huat ah.
I think the amount that politicians and ministers get paid shouldbe raised. They do a very hard job with a lot of personal sacrifice you know!
PEE AYE PEE FOR LIFE!!!
Originally posted by M@nvvhore:I think the amount that politicians and ministers get paid shouldbe raised. They do a very hard job with a lot of personal sacrifice you know!
PEE AYE PEE FOR LIFE!!!
so do you love pap?
Your words kinda mock them
Originally posted by Summer hill:so do you love pap?
Your words kinda mock them
Lots of strange people around.
By the way, did they say they will accept the new wage structure in parliament?
They want to get high pay... ok lor. What can we say, right?
But high pay comes with price esp they insist that this is essential to attract talents. From now on, they better don't make any boo boo. Even the slightest mistake like blinking the eyes too many times in front of camera will be closely scrutinized and mentioned in the next GE. In short, our msg to the highly paid ministers: OUR EYES ARE WATCHING YOU!
Originally posted by Honeybunz:They want to get high pay... ok lor. What can we say, right?
But high pay comes with price esp they insist that this is essential to attract talents. From now on, they better don't make any boo boo. Even the slightest mistake like blinking the eyes too many times in front of camera will be closely scrutinized and mentioned in the next GE. In short, our msg to the highly paid ministers: OUR EYES ARE WATCHING YOU!
Ministers are also human lar.
Originally posted by charlize:Ministers are also human lar.
so are we. The only diff is we like to watch the highly paid government officials with our eyes open big big.
If our pay is high, they can watch us like this also. I don't think we will mind.
high pay doesn't mean merely sprucing up facilities or building new parks or resort worlds...
could you enjoy them with wide income gaps?
Originally posted by Honeybunz:so are we. The only diff is we like to watch the highly paid government officials with our eyes open big big.
If our pay is high, they can watch us like this also. I don't think we will mind.
Who wants to watch you earn $3.80 per hour?
Originally posted by Honeybunz:They want to get high pay... ok lor. What can we say, right?
But high pay comes with price esp they insist that this is essential to attract talents. From now on, they better don't make any boo boo. Even the slightest mistake like blinking the eyes too many times in front of camera will be closely scrutinized and mentioned in the next GE. In short, our msg to the highly paid ministers: OUR EYES ARE WATCHING YOU!
you watching them with a camera or with your eyes? you sure you won't blink your eyes too many times??
Originally posted by charlize:Who wants to watch you earn $3.80 per hour?
The one paying him the $3.80 per hour.
Originally posted by sgdiehard:The one paying him the $3.80 per hour.
When you are earning a lot of money, nobody watches you like a hawk so you have time to do weird things .
When you are earning $3.80 an hour, the boss will know the moment you break one cup of kopi.
Life is surreal.
If Obama were to ask Bill Gate or Warren Buffett to join him as his vice president or secretary of state and Bill and Warren said that they were not interested, what should Obama do ? Shouldn’t he tell the American people that he had difficulty of getting talents like them and pay must not deter people from serving the country. Based on 1000 top earners in USA, Obama should get 20 to 30% more in order to attract talent like them. Wow! Obama would then be billionaire at the snap of his finger. Why then Obama didn’t ask for sky high pay unlike our govt? Was he stupid and is our Singapore govt really very smart and calculative? Does Obama need this kind of pay to feel dignified when he meets Bill or Warren?
Originally posted by Chris88110:The WP's proposed $55,000 monthly salary for an entry-level minister was more than the lowest monthly salary proposed by the committee, of $46,750.
$55,000 a month is damn high.
Originally posted by charlize:$55,000 a month is damn high.
wait. what about the perks? their meals are taken care of right? same with their suits and transportation with a chauffer and body guard protection?
Originally posted by charlize:When you are earning a lot of money, nobody watches you like a hawk so you have time to do weird things .
When you are earning $3.80 an hour, the boss will know the moment you break one cup of kopi.
Life is surreal.
the ones watch over workers earning $3.80 are supervisors, not the bosses lah.
the issue is, "who can do what to you?" Those who open they eyes big big wide to watch the PAP, what can they do? That is life man.
Originally posted by NiceChap:If Obama were to ask Bill Gate or Warren Buffett to join him as his vice president or secretary of state and Bill and Warren said that they were not interested, what should Obama do ? Shouldn’t he tell the American people that he had difficulty of getting talents like them and pay must not deter people from serving the country. Based on 1000 top earners in USA, Obama should get 20 to 30% more in order to attract talent like them. Wow! Obama would then be billionaire at the snap of his finger. Why then Obama didn’t ask for sky high pay unlike our govt? Was he stupid and is our Singapore govt really very smart and calculative? Does Obama need this kind of pay to feel dignified when he meets Bill or Warren?
If Obama is as talented as Warren Buffet or Bill Gate, he won't be running for US president lah.
Originally posted by jojobeach:If Obama is as talented as Warren Buffet or Bill Gate, he won't be running for US president lah.
Originally posted by Chris88110:UK ministers and MPs get the following allowances:
(a) Personal Additional Accommodation Expenditure - This is reimbursement for additional expenses staying away from their main home. In short, it covers payments for a second home. This includes rent, mortgage interest, council tax, hotel accommodation, utility bills (gas, water, electricity, oil, telephone calls and line rental) service charges,insurance (building and content) and overnight subsistence of £25 (S$49) per night that a UK MP spends away from his or her main home on parliamentary business.
(b) Administrative and Office Expenditure
(c) Staffing Expenditure
(d) Travel Expenditure - This includes public transport fare, mileage for cars, motorbikes and bicycles, reasonable parking, taxi and private hire car cost, and overnight accommodation for parliamentary business. They have a travel card for train, air, coach, ferry and parking cost for themselves, family and staff, European travel and family travel. There is no restriction on class of travel.
(e) Communication Expenditure - This in-cludes allowances for newsletters, questionnaires, surveys and petitions, contact cards, distribution costs, advertising strategies and constituency meetings, websites and capital purchases.
(f) House Stationery and Postage
(g) Resettlement Grant
(h) Winding-up Expenditure
(i) Security Budget
Best of all - these allowances are deductible from income for tax purpose, that is, the UK MPs do not have to pay income tax on these allowances.
This does not take into account food privileges.
I read an interesting article in the International Express, Tuesday, Jan 10 edition, which reported that in the financial year 2010-2011, the UK taxpayers had to fork out £5.8 million for MPs' food. Under a UK taxpayer-funded subsidy, UK MPs enjoy cheap meals, wines and spirits in the House of Commons. The International Express reported that last year this amount soared to £5.8 million, an increase of £87,000, notwithstanding that in June 2010, the Commons Commission said £500,000 should be lopped off catering costs, and bar prices should match those of high street pubs.
In the UK Members' Dining Room, the UK MPs apparently enjoy artichoke and tomato salad with truffle dressing for £2.05, or a chargrilled rib-eye steak with hand-cut chips and bearnaise sauce for £7.80. The International Express reported that a total of £1.33 million was spent in the Commons Bars for the year ending March 31, 2011, which meant that for every £10 that a UK MP spent on lunch in the UK Parliament Bar, £7.60 was paid for by the public in the financial year 2010-2011.'
Indranee Rajah
Please summarise in 10 words or less.
Originally posted by Whimsy:
This looks familiar.