Submitted on Tuesday 3rd April 2018
Rejected on Monday 9th April 2018
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Freeze MP's salaries and abolish their housing, travel and food subsidies.
People are struggling. During these times of austerity our MPs vote against pay rises for firefighters whilst overwhelmingly voting to give one to themselves. They have taken the right to free school meals away from vulnerable children. Their pay should only be increased on a par with benefits.
They eat fine foods, live in luxury houses and travel around all at the expense of the taxpayer whilst poorer people are struggling with rents etc. We are all in this together we are told. Time for them to show this with actions and not words.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for MPs' pay. The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) is responsible for deciding on MPs' expenses and pay. IPSA is independent of both Parliament and Government.
You can find out how to contact IPSA here:
http://www.theipsa.org.uk/about-us/contact-us/
You might like to sign one of these petitions instead:
Abolish changes to free school meals:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/215007
Take back control of MP salaries, reduce MP pay to UK average salary (£27k pa):
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/204208
Abolish the subsidy on food and drink in the Palace of Westminster restaurants:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/208776
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