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Stop £10,000 office allowance for MPs and give the money to food banks instead.

Submitted on Thursday 9th April 2020

Rejected on Wednesday 20th May 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)

Petition Action

Stop £10,000 office allowance for MPs and give the money to food banks instead.

Petition Details

An additional £10,000 for MPs to work from is unacceptable as they can already claim up to £26,000 on office expenses. Instead the total lump sum should be given as a donation from Government to food banks across the UK

Additional Information

Because a £36,000 allowance per MP for Office supplies is disgusting when there are guaranteed to be people within almost every constituency who are struggling more than ever to make ends meet and get food for their families.


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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 MPs' pay. The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) is responsible for deciding on MPs' expenses and pay and expenses. IPSA is independent of both Parliament and Government.

You can find out more about IPSA here: www.theipsa.org.uk/about-us/

You might like to sign this petition, which calls on the Government to provide food bank service as food banks close & hardship increases due to CV-19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/304755

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/

Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/

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