David Cameron faces backlash over 'unacceptable' 10 per cent pay rise for MPs
DAVID Cameron is braced for a major backlash today over MPs' pay today – as an expenses watchdog prepares to give them a 10 per cent pay rise.
David Cameron is set to accept the pay rise despite previously opposing it
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) is set announce plans to raise ministers' pay from £67,000 to a staggering £74,000.
The announcement will come just a week after public sector increases were capped at one per cent for another four years.
The Prime Minister previously branded a hike "simply unacceptable" at a time of austerity.
But last month Downing Street indicated that Cameron will not seek to block the move – and he will personally accept the money.
In 2013, when the hike was originally unveiled, Justice Secretary Michael Gove told Ispa to "stick" it.
In the same year Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond suggested he would not accept the hike while the rest of the public sector was being restrained.
Nicky Morgan has also voiced her opposition to Ipsa's proposals
Other ministers have claimed they will shun the rise, including Nicky Morgan, Michael Gove and Philip Hammond.
Morgan, the Education Secretary, is set to give her pay rise to charity, along with Labour leadership hopefuls Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall.
Ipsa stressed that due to cuts in pensions and expenses, such as a ban on claiming for evening meals, the overall package of changes will not cost taxpayers "a penny more".