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British MPs Should Take 50% Salary Cut Due to Coronavirus

Submitted on Thursday 16th April 2020

Rejected on Tuesday 26th May 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)

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British MPs Should Take 50% Salary Cut Due to Coronavirus

Petition Details

British mps salary should be cut 50% due to coronavirus. UK is going through hard time and politicians should take salary cut to support NHS, Emergency Services and Key Workers. When the whole country is feeling financial hardship then our politicians should feel the pain too

Additional Information

Cut mps and other politicians salary half this includes assemblies, councils and other political organizations.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

The UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for setting 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 more about IPSA here: www.theipsa.org.uk/about-us/

Donating money would be a decision for individual MPs, not the UK Government or Parliament.

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: committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/

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