Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP Liz Saville Roberts is one of several North Wales MPs calling for their pay to be frozen.

The group of MPs are objecting to plans that would see them awarded a £3,300 pay rise despite the proposed public sector pay freeze.

The MPs have written to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) calling for their salaries to be frozen next year by not implementing the planned three per cent increase.

The rise would see their basic salaries go above £85,000 from April.

A spokesman for Plaid Cymru, which has three MPs in the chamber including Arfon’s Hywel Williams and Dwyfor Meirionnydd’s Liz Saville Roberts, confirmed they were objecting to IPSA.

Confirming they also reject the “imposing of a real terms pay cut on thousands of public sector key workers,” they said in a statement: “This is an affront to the dedication of those who have been on the front line during the pandemic. 2020 has been a period of hardship and financial crisis for so many people.

“In this context, it’s clear that now is not the time to give MPs a pay rise.

“As Plaid Cymru MPs, we are writing to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority urging them not to proceed with the proposed pay rise for MPs.”

Other North Wales MPs rejecting the pay rise include Virginia Crosbie, Rob Roberts, Sarah Atherton and Simon Baynes.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and leader of the opposition, Keir Starmer, have also said MPs should not get a pay rise next year.

On Wednesday the Chancellor confirmed that over a million nurses, doctors and others working in the NHS will get a rise, but pay rises for the rest of the public sector will be “paused” – except for the 2.1 million workers earning below the median wage of £24,000, who will receive an increase of at least £250.

IPSA is due to announce its final decision next month.