<P> The basic annual salary for an MP was increased from £ 67,060 to £ 74,000 on 31 July 2015, backdated to 8 May 2015 . In addition, MPs are able to claim allowances to cover the costs of running an office and employing staff, and maintaining a constituency residence and a residence in London . Additional salary is paid for appointments or additional duties, such as ministerial appointments, being a whip, chairing a select committee or chairing a Public Bill committee . </P> <P> The basic annual salary of an MP in the House of Commons was increased to £ 74,000 as of 31 July 2015 . Many MPs (ministers, the Speaker, senior opposition leaders, opposition chief whip, etc .) receive a supplementary salary for their specific responsibilities . As of 1 April 2015 these additional entitlements range from £ 15,025 for Select Committee Chairs to £ 74,990 for the Prime Minister . On 24 May 2015 David Cameron announced that he intended to freeze ministerial pay for the next five years . However, on 2 June 2015 the Daily Mail reported that ministerial pay was to increase at the same time as MP's basic pay was increased to £ 74,000 . The Prime Minister's total salary would therefore increase from £ 142,500 to £ 149,440 . The total salary for Cabinet Ministers would increase from £ 134,565 to £ 141,505 . The total salary for ministers would increase from £ 89,740 to £ 96,375 . And the total salary for parliamentary under secretaries would increase from £ 89,435 to £ 96,375 . Full details of current ministerial pay at all levels have yet to be published on either the UK Parliament website or that of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority . </P>

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