Rejected petition Remove the second home allowance for MP's with backdating to 2010

They can afford a second home without an allowance. Why should we, the British public, pay for something that an individual can afford without assistance? We don't do this for any other group of people, why should we do it for MP's?

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Date submitted 14 February 2016
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