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To cut the pay of the UK government and support the Citizens of the UK

Submitted on Wednesday 24th February 2016

Rejected on Monday 29th February 2016

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)

Petition Action

To cut the pay of the UK government and support the Citizens of the UK

Petition Details

To cut the pay of the UK government and to support people on ESA/DLA/PIP and Council Benefits and low wage workers

Additional Information

The RT Hon David Cameron gets paid yearly £142,500 as Prime Minister - That is £11,875 per month
The Basic annual wage for an MP from 8th May 2015 is £74,000 - That's £6,166.66 per month
Sadly Iain Duncan Smith's, George Osborne and Jeremy Hunt all RT hon MP's I couldn't find!


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

The Government and Parliament don’t have the power to set MPs’ pay. That power was given by Parliament to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) in 2010, so that after 2012 MPs no longer had control over their own pay. IPSA conducted a public consultation after 2012 and decided what the salaries of MPs should be after the election.

If you would like to contact IPSA about its decision, here’s how to contact them:

http://parliamentarystandards.org.uk/About%20Us/Pages/Contact-Us.aspx

However, the Government does have the power to increase or decrease Ministers' pay. You could start a new petition calling for a cut in minsterial pay.

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