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Cut the annual salary of MP's

Submitted on Monday 27th February 2017

Rejected on Friday 3rd March 2017

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)

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Cut the annual salary of MP's

Petition Details

The average pay for an MP in the house of commons is £74.000. This year they are due to get an 11% pay rise while the rest of the public sector gets 1%. If they pay was cut to £40,000 a year it would save the tax payer £720,000 a year


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This petition was rejected

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 the issue you raise. 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://parliamentarystandards.org.uk/About%20Us/Pages/Contact-Us.aspx

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