Police Secretary Keith Malthouse said the increase in the cost of living would be “difficult” for his household, on the same day he was to receive a αύξηση 2,212 salary increase. MPs’ salaries rose to. 84,144 on Friday, up 2.7% after Parliament’s Independent Standards Authority (IPSA) announced last month that their salaries would increase for the first time in two years. Mr Malthouse, who earns an extra. 31,680 as minister of state, bringing his total salary to 115 115,824, said he “felt it was very important” because of the rise in oil prices. The minister told LBC: “Obviously everyday life is quite difficult. “As you know, I have children. They need to be fed and this cost increases. “My fuel prices are rising a lot and I have to say that in my constituency I am still with central oil heating, unfortunately.” It comes on the same day that the biggest jump in home energy bills came into effect and days before national insurance contributions will rise by 1.25 percentage points. To view this video, enable JavaScript and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Mr Malthouse, a Conservative MP for North West Hampshire, added: “Oil, I’m afraid to tell you, is not falling within the energy ceiling and many people in rural areas are suffering from rising oil prices. “It simply came to our notice then. I must confess to you, that last year it was converted into electric vehicles, so we feel the electric price but not through gasoline. So it’s a challenge for everyone. “ In October, Conservative MP Sir Peter Bottomley spoke of his struggles to live on one MP’s salary the day Universal Credit was cut for the country’s most vulnerable. He described it as “desperately difficult” for many of his colleagues. Mr Malthouse acknowledged that it would be “very difficult” for people. He told Sky News: “We fully recognize that a combination of factors means that prices are rising significantly, especially energy prices, driven by various factors – after the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, other kinds of global factors beyond our direct control – and it is difficult. “For those of us who have a smart meter, like we do here in my house, we can see how much it costs us on an hourly basis and it is not a pleasant read.” In October, Conservative MP Sir Peter Bottomley spoke about his struggles to live on a MP’s salary. Mr Malthouse said there was hope that inflation would “subside soon” and that Chancellor Rishi Sunak was studying the impact of the cost-of-living crisis. When told that the chancellor had not done enough to help the public in the spring statement, Mr Malthouse replied: “He has moved twice now to bring help.” Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer told Sky News that the government did not have “the scale of the problem for millions and millions of people”. He added: “People do not want revolution. They want to know “how to pay the energy bill that has just increased by hundreds of pounds today”. Charities have warned that 2.5 million more households are going to fall into “stress” as the 54% increase hits the bills. The Resolution Foundation’s think tank said that the number of English households facing fuel stress – those who spend at least 10% of their total budgets on energy bills – would double overnight from 2.5 to five million.
Who is the Tory MP Kit Malthouse?
Kit Malthouse is the current Minister for Crime and Policing and represents North West Hampshire as a Member of Parliament. He served as Deputy Mayor of London under Boris Johnson. During his tenure, he faced calls to resign after claiming he had complained that the police investigation into News of the World phone hacking was due to media hysteria. Mr Malthouse entered the Commonwealth in 2015 as former Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives won a majority. He has previously served as a junior minister in the Ministry of Labor and Pensions and Housing. Mr Malthouse was a supporter of Leave and gave his name to the so-called Malthouse Compromise – a proposal made by Tory Leavers and Remainers to offer a backstop alternative. He ran to become the leader of the Conservatives when Mrs. May resigned, but withdrew from the race. Mr Malthouse was born in Liverpool and is the father of three children. Contact our news team by emailing us at [email protected] For more news like this, check out our news page.
