Another MP's expenses scandal Well after all the fuss over UK MP's expenses scandal you would have thought that MP's would have had a better idea of how not to upset the UK voting public. It has been announced that those MP's who lost their seats in the last UK elections will get around £54000 each because they lost their seats. In stark contrast you find out you're losing your job the redundacy payment is currently set at £280 a week for 20 years' entitlement, which means the maximum payment under the statutory scheme is currently £8,400. You have the right to a redundancy payment if you are an employee ...