MPs have accepted the inevitable and bowed to Government demands for restraint and awarded themselves a 2.25% pay rise for this year.
The decision was taken without a vote after a backbench move to raise salaries by up to 2.
Express passage for Anonimity Bill
Clarke seeks England-only votes by MPs
Poland refuses to ratify Lisbon treaty
Labour face by-election in Glasgow East
Labour's Henley humiliation
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IT'S a political mystery. “Tory sleaze” - the two words which did for John Major in 1997 have resurfaced but aren't impacting on David Cameron and his new model Conservatives, now 23% ahead in the latest opinion poll.
Beware flashpoint Iran: Domesday looms
Sort out this financial sleaze now
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BROTHER and sister comedy duo Douglas and Wendy Alexander spent the weekend bemoaning the alleged partisan conduct of the Scottish Nationalists, who managed to get her banned from the Edinburgh parliament for failure to declare expenses to her successful leadership campaign.
One year on, and Brown is struggling
Labour must court the white trash'
Desperate tactics push through 42 days
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FARMERS in the region may still be feeling the pain from their latest kick in the teeth from EU agriculture ministers last week following their decision to prevent farmers using many readily available pesticides.
A sinister, undemocratic European Union
Three cheers for the Irish
For the good of EU, Irish must say `yes'
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