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George Osborne not to be an MP if is editor of The London Evening Standard.

Submitted on Saturday 18th March 2017

Rejected on Monday 27th March 2017

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)

Petition Action

George Osborne not to be an MP if is editor of The London Evening Standard.

Petition Details

George Osborne is an MP and is to become editor of The London Evening Standard (4 days per week). He has other paid and unpaid jobs already.

Additional Information

I think this appointment makes a mockery of the independence of the media and also raises the question about MP's having other paid jobs.
The Register of MP's interests that can be found on-line shows a difference in the second jobs of MP's. The job in question is said to pay £200k per year alongside his MP's salary of £74,692 and £650,000 per year from BlackRock Investment Institute. Surely a poor example to set, when many people in The UK struggle to make ends meet.


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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

Complaints about breaches of the House of Commons Code of Conduct are investigated by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, who is independent of Parliament and Government. You can find out more about the Commissioner and her role here:

http://www.parliament.uk/pcs

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