Submitted on Wednesday 22nd April 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 26th May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Stop all mp's expenses for atleast the next 12 months.
parliament should suspend all mp's expenses for atleast 12 months to help pay for the coronovirus pandemic. If we the people are expected to make changes to our living standards, then so should they.
As millions of people across the country face an uncertain future and financial hardship brought on by the coronovirus pandemic and the 2 months of lockdown that followed, is it really fair for mp's to claim public money for such items as rent costs of up to £4000 a month, travel/fuel costs, council tax bill, water bill, electic bill, gas bill, broadband bill, phone bill, mobile phone contracts, tv licence. While we struggle to keep food on the table, mp's are living off atleast 10,000 a month.
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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.
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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