Pay rise for MSPs as Humza Yousaf salary to break the £170,000 mark - more than Rishi Sunak
MSPs are set for a pay rise of 6.7 per cent, boosting their salary to more than £72,000 for the year 2024-25.
This will take the salary of First Minister Humza Yousaf to more than that of Rishi Sunak, with his pay reaching £170,211.
MSPs currently earn £67,662.
The First Minister is paid £98,016 on top of his MSP's salary
The boost was confirmed at a meeting of the Finance and Public Administration Committee today.
The increase will take effect on April 1 2024.
Last year, MSPs salaries increased by 1.5 per cent. The year before they increased by 3.4 per cent.
This year's salary change was based on increases to average weekly earnings (AWE).
Their salaries were previously based on the Office for National Statistics annual survey of hours and earnings (ASHE).
A spokesperson for the Scottish Parliament said: "The Scottish Parliament severed the link to MPs’ pay back in 2016 so that MSPs’ pay rises reflected public sector increases across Scotland, based on the ASHE index.
"In recent years, ASHE has been increasingly out of sync with other wage inflation indices to the point that MSPs received 1.5 per cent last year when general inflation was running at 10 per cent.
"Prior to that, MSPs received 3.4 per cent in 2022-23 and zero per cent in 2021-22.
"This year, AWE will be applied to MSPs’ pay, meaning a rise of 6.7 per cent and a salary rate of £72,195 from April 1, 2024."
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