Rejected petition Put the heart back into Parliament: all MPs to be paid a decent salary, with no additional expenses: prospective MPs who want more need not apply!

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This change would mean that people who aspire to a political career for what they can get out of it will be put off, and will be replaced by local people, with integrity, who are genuinely motivated by a desire to serve their communities, not themselves.

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Date submitted 14 August 2011
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