Boris Johnson has seemingly refused to recognise that parties in Whitehall and Downing street breached lockdown rules at the time. It comes after 20 fixed penalty notices were issued this morning, according to Scotland Yard.
Boris Johnson 'unable to turn down' automatic £2k pay rise, No 10 says
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The Prime Minister is 'unable' to turn down a steep pay rise issued to all MPs, a Downing Street spokesperson has said.
Boris Johnson will be receiving an £2,200 extra a year, which he claims is impossible to decline. When asked whether he would donate the pay increase to charity, the Prime Minister's official spokesman declined to comment.
Despite this, he does have the power to change the ministerial pay which members of the government receive in addition to their MP's salary. While that has been frozen it will not be cut to counteract the increase given to all members of the House of Commons.
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The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said the pay rise for MPs was “automatic, in effect” and “he is not able to turn down that pay rise which is independently judged by Ipsa (Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority)”.
Asked if he would cut his ministerial salary by £2,200, the spokesman said: “The ministerial element of the Prime Minister’s salary has been frozen for some time now and will remain so.”
Meanwhile, Nicola Sturgeon has announced that ministers in Scotland will not receive a pay rise this year. She also noted how a ministerial pay rise has not been taken in Scotland since 2008 while increases are donated back to public services.
Responding to the news, Nicola Sturgeon tweeted: “Ministers in @scotgov have not taken a pay rise since 2008 and I can confirm we will not do so this year either.
We donate increases back to the public purse for spending on services.
"Where there is a will there is a way.”
In Scotland, salaries for ministers are set by the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body
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