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Scientists recently discovered a new exoplanet, named Kepler-1649c, which is similar to Earth in size and temperature. This finding boosts hopes for finding potentially habitable worlds.

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Scientists recently discovered a new exoplanet, named Kepler-1649c, which is similar to Earth in size and temperature. This finding boosts hopes for finding potentially habitable worlds.

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Scientists recently discovered a new exoplanet, named Kepler-1649c, which is similar to Earth in size and temperature. This finding boosts hopes for finding potentially habitable worlds.

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TN Scientists recently discovered a new exoplanet, named Kepler-1649c, which is similar to Earth in size and temperature. This finding boosts hopes for finding potentially habitable worlds.

UK’s PM in heavy debt?

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The not-so extravagant life of UK prime ministers

  • According to UK Parliament, the Prime Minister is entitled to an annual salary of 172,153 pounds.
  • His earnings are made up of 80,807 pounds for the role of Prime Minister, and an additional 91,346 pounds (revised on April 1, 2024) for being an MP. No one can imagine that the salary of a prime minister is not that great.
  • The Public Duty Costs Allowance (PDCA), which was established following the resignation of Margaret Thatcher, allows former Prime Ministers to claim up to 115,000 pounds annually for the necessary office costs and secretarial costs arising from their special position in public life.
  • These costs can be claimed for life. These are constantly degrading after every tenure of the prime ministers.
  • There has been a significant fall in the standard of living for the prime minister over the centuries.
  • In the 18th century, William Pitt received £10,500 per annum as first lord of the Treasury, a small fortune, though he still nearly bankrupted himself.
  • The Marquess of Salisbury, incumbent PM at the turn of the 20th century, was on £5,000 per annum – or a half a million pounds in today’s money.
  • By 1937, the prime minister’s annual pay was the equivalent of a modern £600,000. Even so, Winston Churchill was always on his uppers.

    • Only debt can get you the PM’s chair

  • David Cameron earns less than 172 officials who advise his new government according to new figures, but he should count himself lucky.
  • At times cabinet ministers have been paid more than their leader, and in the 16th Century, parliamentary wages for some were part-paid in fish. But crucially, there has always been the potential to cash in on the position, say political historians.
  • In the case of Sir Robert Walpole, who did the job for nearly 21 years from 1721, it was mainly through corrupt means.

    • Editor’s Note

    Past prime ministers have been left heavily in debt and needed to be bailed out by the monarchy. Historically it has never been the country's best-paid job.

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