Stormont Speaker Edwin Poots said MLAs had a "very loose interpretation of smart".

Representatives from all parts of Northern Ireland sit in the assembly. They are called Members of the Legislative Assembly, or MLAs. We can vote for these politicians in regional elections.

Stormont MLAs currently have annual salaries of £52,500, while counterparts in Scotland and Wales take home £72,197 and ...

Assembly members (MLAs) are unlikely to receive "massive" pay rises as a result of the introduction of new plans to set pay ...

MDU initiative sees foundation doctor members give ... will also “support Northern Ireland departments to manage the immediate and evident challenges they face in stabilising public services and ...

Northern Ireland's 108 Assembly members were informed at their last plenary session at Stormont before suspension their salaries would be slashed from their current level of around £41,000 to the ...