THE Yes campaign has said that a 10 per cent pay hike for MPs shows that Westminster is "increasingly out of touch".

Marcial Boo, chief executive of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, reiterated its commitment to the increase, saying that the economy was recovering and politicians should not be paid a "miserly amount". MPs are already due a 1per cent increase to £67,731 next April and under Ipsa's plan it will go up again a month later to £74,000.

Chancellor George Osborne insisted the 10 per cent pay hike for MPs was "unacceptable" and suggested the move will be blocked after the general election, stressing that the Ipsa position was not "final".

"I don't think it is acceptable at a time when there is continuing pay restraint in the public sector that MPs would receive such a big increase," he said. "But this is not the final verdict.

"There will be a report after the election and that's when we are going to have to tackle this issue."

But SNP Westminster leader Angus Robertson said it was more evidence of a "Westminster establishment that works for the few rather than the many".

He said: "People in ­Scotland will be shocked that Westminster MPs are in line for a 10 per pay rise - especially when ordinary families across the country are suffering under the same austerity agenda that Westminster itself is imposing.