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Tory minister complains rising cost of living will be ‘tricky’ for his household
Policing minister Kit Malthouse earns a salary of £115,824
Minister for Crime and Policing Kit Malthouse arrives in Downing Street in December 2021

POLICING minister Kit Malthouse has complained that the rising cost of living will be “tricky” for his household — despite his salary of £115,824 and a recent pay rise for all MPs of £2,212.

The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, which sets MPs’ pay, announced last month that MPs’ salaries would rise by 2.7 per cent to £84,144.

Richard Lloyd, Ipsa’s chair, said it was “right that MPs are “paid fairly.”

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