Submitted on Thursday 20th October 2022
Rejected on Monday 24th October 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Abolish the Public Duty Costs Allowance
Abolish the Public Duty Costs Allowance (PDCA) scheme with immediate effect.
PDCA was introduced in '91 to assist former Prime Ministers still active in public life, allowing them all to claim up to £115,000 p.a. from the public purse, over and above their pension and other earnings. But the landscape has changed and become more lucrative; it is hard to imagine any former PM needing this pay-out. With seven living former PMs, abolishing the PDCA could save the public purse in excess of £1 million per year, as well as right a moral wrong at a time of widespread austerity.
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Abolish the Public Duties Cost Allowance (PDCA) for former Prime Ministers: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/625940
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