Submitted on Tuesday 21st March 2017
Rejected on Monday 3rd April 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
An immediate ban for all MPs from using public money to hire relatives.
Ipsa (Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority) has decided that from 2020 onwards MPs will be banned from hiring relatives, but this ban does not include those who are already doing it. This is about having a fair, transparent and universally applied rule for all MPs.
In 2009, the Committee on Standards in Public Life recommended a ban on the practice as it was “not consistent with modern employment practice designed to ensure fairness in recruitment, management of staff and remuneration”.
At the time of the last general election, relatives’ average salary was £31,350 a year.
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The full article can be read here(1)
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/mar/15/mps-to-be-banned-from-using-public-money-to-hire-relatives-expenses?CMP
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We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for the issue you raise. The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) is responsible for this decision. IPSA is independent of both Parliament and Government.
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