article_snippet: Elsewhere, staffing budgets are to go up 1 per cent to £147,000 for MPs in the London area, and £140,000 for those from outside the capital.
article_snippet: The office costs budget is rising 0.5 per cent to reflect inflation, but accommodation budgets have been frozen.
article_snippet: the watchdog had proposed a raft of curbs to expenses in 2013 as part of a wider package that included salaries rising by 10 per cent from £67,000 to £74,000.
article_snippet: Prime Minister David Cameron has said that a 10 per cent pay rise for MPs is 'unacceptable' at a time when public sector rises are restricted to one per cent .
article_snippet: Prime Minister David Cameron has said Prime Minister David Cameron regards the hike as 'unacceptable' at a time when public sector rises are restricted to one per cent, while Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg Nick Clegg have said Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg do not believe it should go ahead.