MP Andrew Stephenson has said the public would be "outraged" by the decision (Image: GETTY) The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) confirmed yesterday MPs would receive a 2.7 percent annual salary increase, almost double the inflation rate, taking their salaries from £77,379 to £79,468. But the news has prompted anger, with Leave Means Leave con-chairman John Longworth among those suggestion they should forgo the pay boost until Brexit had been sorted out. After reforms in 2010 to the way MPs’ pay is calculated, the rise became automatic and was not subject to a vote in the House of Commons but instead by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA), an independent body outside of Parliament jurisdiction. Related articles Brexit FURY: Article 50 delay is 'a vote for second referendum’ BREXIT LIVE: May's Brexit DISASTER will spark rise of POPULIST party The public will be quite rightly outraged by this as it's unjustified Conservative MP for Pendle, Andrew Stephenson The £2,089 a year increase will be come into force on April 1, and is well above the current inflation rate of 1.8 percent. Conservative MP for Pendle, Andrew Stephenson told the Lancashire Telegraph the public would angered by the increase, especially given Parliament’s failure to agree a Brexit deal. He said: "The public will be quite rightly outraged by this as it's unjustified. “When we were first given a pay rise I committed to giving away some of my salary to charity, particularly in Pendle and I will continue to do this.” Prime Minister Theresa May in the House of Commons (Image: GETTY) Labour MP for Hyndburn, Graham Jones, said: "IPSA should be abolished. “We have not asked for a pay rise and I don't agree with it and I don't agree that IPSA should keep putting our pay up."They don't realise that they've already given high earners a pay rise by increasing the higher rate of tax so anyone earning over £40,000 a year will earn more anyway, compared to someone in the public sector on a lower pay scale. It's wrong."However, Ribble Valley Conservative MP Nigel Evans said that whatever pay increase MPs are awarded, it will always fall foul of public opinion. Related articles Quit EU’s ‘phoney Brexit negotiations!’ says Yanis Varoufakis BREXIT ULTIMATUM: Britain has only TWO options - No deal or all in Nigel Evans said the pay rise "was always going to be unpopular" (Image: GETTY) He said: "I will accept the pay rise. “But irrespective of what the award is, it's always going to be unpopular and that's why it's right that this decision is taken out of the hands of Parliament and given to an independent authority. "It's not fair that MPs should decide their salaries themselves." MPs’ pay is linked to average pubic sector payrises, according to figures from Office for National Statistics. Chairs of Commons committees will see their current bonus of £15,509 a year increase by the same 2.7 percent, taking them up to £15,928. Ministers, who are paid more as result of their governmental responsibilities, get the same increase as other MPs. Ministerial salaries have been frozen since 2010.All rights reserved for this news site express.co.uk and under his responsibility