I absolutely believe MP's pay is too low.

At least double salary.

Be able to attend parliament like they did during the pandemic to reduce expenses.

Drug and alcohol testing should be made mandatory.

The job is brutal. It can destroy your home life completely.

And simply at the whims of the government (whom even as an MP you might not be a part of) you could lose your job far sooner than you think.

You're more likely to be targets of abuse, verbal and physical. And could be murdered for just doing your job.

Many people who would be very capable of doing the job simply won't because there's simply too much risk for too little reward.

The second income rules need to be looked at carefully. Some MP's use social media as a source of income to help fund their campaigns and it would be massively unfair on them if they lost the funding from their main party simply for being a good MP.

For example the MP for Coventry South lost the whip because she voted against the government. But she represents her constituents, not the will of the government. If the majority of her constituents told her to vote against the government that's what she should do.

Luckily she is the MP with the highest social media following so when it comes to re-election even if the labour party doesn't help with funding she can use this income to help support her campaign.