Submitted on Sunday 19th April 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 26th May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Cut MP pay to minimum wage.
MPs have long argued that the minimum wage is in-line with real living wage. In-fact, in 2015 the national minimum wage for 25+ was renamed to the national living wage. If indeed this wage is so liveable, then MPs should have no problem with their wage being set to the minimum instead.
This petition is a test of the government's and common's hypocrisy. Will they reduce their wage to the national minimum wage, and prove that it is not liveable, or will they choose to respond to this petition by claiming their superiority or entitlement over hard British workers by claiming that they deserve more than the living wage.
The ball is in your court GOV, admit the minimum wage is NOT liveable, or admit you think yourselves superior to the rest of the country.
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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.
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