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Make all MP's live on Jobseeker's Allowance for a month as a condition of their holding office

Submitted on Saturday 31st January 2015

Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)

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Make all MP's live on Jobseeker's Allowance for a month as a condition of their holding office

Additional Information

Various MPs have claimed that they could live on benefits for a week. It should be a condition of office that all MPs undergo a period of one month living solely on Jobseeker's Allowance including signing on and being sanctioned if they are late for an appointment. This period should be independently supervised and they should have no access to their normal bank accounts or to funds from other people. A row of abandoned houses in some deprived area could be used for this purpose. The results should be published before the MP is allowed to take office.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

This is a matter for the House not for Government

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