MPs' 'winding down' pay to double at next election

Payments for MPs who suffer their seats oregon measurement down astatine the adjacent wide predetermination volition beryllium doubled.

The wealth is aimed astatine helping ex-MPs adjacent down their offices and negociate the departure of their staff.

At the past wide predetermination departing MPs were paid for 2 months aft losing their seats.

However, IPSA, which sets the rules for MPs' expenses, has said this is not agelong capable and that the clip play should beryllium accrued to 4 months.

The eligibility for the payments has besides been expanded to screen those who voluntarily basal down astatine the predetermination arsenic good arsenic those who suffer their seat.

MPs who basal down earlier an predetermination play volition not person the payments.

Explaining the alteration IPSA, the Independent Standards Authority, said the enactment of an MP - specified arsenic helping constituents - continued close up to predetermination time and they could lone statesman to adjacent their offices erstwhile a caller MP had been elected.

The caller strategy does not request to beryllium approved by Parliament arsenic IPSA has been granted the powers to marque the rules itself.

MPs are besides eligible for separate, "loss of office" payments - which are akin to accepted redundancy packages. These payments are higher for longer-serving MPs, portion those who person served for little than 2 years are not eligible.

More than 70 MPs person truthful acold announced they volition not beryllium lasting for re-election - and galore much are expected to suffer their seats.