David Cameron will not rule out taking 11 per cent MP pay increase Speaking on Radio Five Live Mr Hammond suggested that the entire cabinet shared his view and added that the Prime Minister would want cabinet ministers to make a "clear, collective statement about that they would do.""I suspect there will be a strong mood in the Cabinet that we all need to say the same thing," he added. Chief Secretary to the Treasury Mr Alexander said most people would find the salary boost "incomprehensible" while defence secretary Mr Hammond claimed it was "not the moment" for a pay rise. However the Prime Minister's spokesman refused to confirm Mr Cameron would be joining his his ministers. He added: "Any proposal [from Ipsa] will be reviewed before it is introduced in 2015. "You know the Prime Ministers" long standing position on this is the cost to politics should go down not up, he doesn't think that MPs pay should go up when public sector pay sis constrained and he has made that very clear. That is the Governments view, we will keep making those points. Mr Hammond added: "So long as I'm the Defence Secretary presiding over a situation where the troops that serve our country so brilliantly are facing a one per cent pay rise, I won't be taking a pay increase.