India, Feb. 10 -- The move to increase MPs' salaries in the United Kingdom has been criticised as a bitter pill to swallow by the TaxPayers' Alliance campaign, which opposed the move when the country is enduring a cost-of-living crisis, The Sun reported.

In the UK, MPs do not determine their own salaries. The country's Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) has been in charge of independently determining lawmakers' salaries since 2011. It aims to make fair decisions that balance the responsibilities of MPs with public expectations.

From April 2024, the authority had raised the annual salaries of British MPs from £86,584 to £91,346. The report said that the House of Commons had recommended a hike of more than ...