Submitted on Thursday 15th March 2018
Rejected on Monday 19th March 2018
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
End the provision of subsidised food and alcohol in parliament and the Lords.
It now costs the British tax payer more than £6 million pounds per annum to supply public servants with subsidised food and alcohol. However the Government are no longer willing to subsidise Britain's poorest families with free school meals. These double standards must stop.
Given the recent MP salary increase to £74000 (before expenses) it's not unreasonable to expect that they pay for subsistence in the same way the majority of other workers do. The average wage in the UK is £26000. Meanwhile Britain's poorest children are being starved whilst Mp's are getting drunk on our money. £74000 pa from the public purse is quite enough.
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/208776
3.149.255.162 Thu, 18 Apr 2024 20:23:03 +0100
