Would banning MPs from earning any income aside from their salary be a benefit to UK politics?

Lets look at the reality of the situation. We always knock our MP's when we are made aware of the expense system, and rightly so. So now lets pay them what we consider is worthy of their standing in parliament. There should be no reason why they should have to consider a second income, because as we all know, this will only lead to more suspicion of their behaviour. Surely we have had enough of that.

All MP's should be whiter than white, when it comes to earnings, because they should be in the fore front of honesty for all to see.

The anti-politics crusade in the UK has gone a little bit too far. Already the new intake of MPs, almost 1/3 of the MPs are newly elected, are complaining that they are near bankruptcy - their first salary installment not paid, expenses can only be claimed retrospectively, and they have lots of set up costs, such as getting a London residence and a constituency office. The Commons has given in and agreed to pay salaries early, and give any MP who asks for it a £4,000 expenses advance.

I see no problem with an MP having a second job or income, provided it is declared in the register of members' interests, and does not affect their ability to devote enough time to what they were elected to do.

In fact many MPs naturally have a second income beyond the salary of a backbencher, some of them are cabinet ministers or ministers of state, commanding a secondary salary. There is also nothing stopping an MP being elected to more than one parliament or assembly at once (Alex Salmond, SNP, MP from 1987-2010, MSP from 1999-present), and salaried for both (though it is a reduced salary to one of them).

As long as they declare their interest, I see no issue with them doing so. Indeed, banning them from earning outside their salary would be detrimental, as it would discourage the less well off from standing if they had to rely on the parliamentary salary alone. I know it's a lot compared to what many people earn, but really it's not a lot when you look at the hours many MPs work, and the time given up for free when you're campaigning etc. They either need to be allowed to earn outside parliament, or raise the salary. A parliament where only the rich can afford to stand would be a parliament that only represents the rich, after all.

i CAN NOT STOP CRYING - the poor MPs - they are so busy studying their policies they forgot to have a look at their working conditions and rate of pay when they stood for election !!!!!

I could not give a dam about them - JUST WAIT UNTIL CAMERON SLAPS A HEAVY TAX ON THE WORKERS WHEN AT THE SAME TIME MPs PAY WILL BE SECURE AND RING FENCED.

They have already started accusing people on benefits as scroungers - NOT THAT MPs WOULD FIDDLE THE SYSTEM - GOD FORBID ????

The majority of MPs live outside London and I think they are entitled to living costs when they come to parliament in London on top of their salaries or it should be included in their salaries. It makes sense and it would be up to the individual multi millionaires not to claim it