evidence: Taxpayers may face an annual bill of £4.2m every year to cover the increased staff and office costs of MLAs. [...] The plan, drawn up by the Assembly Commission which runs Stormont, is said to bring the wages of people who work for MLAs into line with other civil service workers. [...] The allowances of MLAs to run their constituency offices will also increase from £4,900 to £7,000 per year.