DANNY Kruger has signed a letter calling for the proposed three percent payrise for MPs to be scrapped.
More than 50 Conservative MPs have sent the letter to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa), calling for their salaries to be frozen next year.
The letter, sent to Ipsa’s interim chairman, Richard Lloyd, states that the MPs reject the body’s recommendation for their pay to rise by £3,300 in April, and called for it to “scrap” the plans altogether.
Mr Kruger said: "I was happy to sign the following letter calling for the proposed payrise for MPs to be scrapped this year, as it does not seem appropriate or justifiable given the uncertainty so many are still facing."
The letter adds: "At such a time, where the government may be asking for restraint elsewhere, we believe it is neither appropriate nor justifiable to be awarding MPs pay rises.
"When so many of our constituents are facing uncertainty, it is only right that we help shoulder the burden. As such, we sincerely hope that you will take current circumstances into account and scrap the proposed pay rise for Members of Parliament."
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