evidence: MLAs’ expenses up £3m as Stormont rules relaxed [...] In the 2019/2020 financial year MLAs were paid a total of £3,683,250.13 in wages and claimed a total of £5,735,833.52 in expenses and allowances. [...] MLAs are paid a salary of £51,000 a year. However, Assembly politicians had their wages cut by up to 30pc when the Assembly was suspended from January 2017 to January 2020.