Rejected petition The salary for a public servant should not be more than the Prime Minister

General public opinion is that a single person in a public serving role should not be paid more than the prime minister and the savings made in a pay cut should go towards teachers, nurses, junior doctors and front line staff who are educating the future and looking after us in times of need.

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It is an outrage that the Chief Executives in some of the poorest Local Authorities are being paid tens of thousands of pounds more than the Prime Minister.

For example,

Redbridge £180+
Newham £195k+
Tower Hamlets £182k+
Lambeth £180k+
Lewisham £192k+
Southwark £193k+

We could save £270k on just these six boroughs! The equivalent of nine or ten teachers!

Follow the discussion here:
New Redbridge Chief Executive Officer: https://www.streetlife.com/conversation/tok1u011qggu/?t=rVk3R

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

We cannot accept your petition as the salaries of chief executives of local councils are a matter for the local councils rather than for the UK Government.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 16 February 2016
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