This petition was submitted during the 2015–2017 Conservative government
Rejected petition To cut the pay of the UK government and support the Citizens of the UK
To cut the pay of the UK government and to support people on ESA/DLA/PIP and Council Benefits and low wage workers
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The RT Hon David Cameron gets paid yearly £142,500 as Prime Minister - That is £11,875 per month
The Basic annual wage for an MP from 8th May 2015 is £74,000 - That's £6,166.66 per month
Sadly Iain Duncan Smith's, George Osborne and Jeremy Hunt all RT hon MP's I couldn't find!
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
The Government and Parliament don’t have the power to set MPs’ pay. That power was given by Parliament to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) in 2010, so that after 2012 MPs no longer had control over their own pay. IPSA conducted a public consultation after 2012 and decided what the salaries of MPs should be after the election.
If you would like to contact IPSA about its decision, here’s how to contact them:
http://parliamentarystandards.org.uk/About%20Us/Pages/Contact-Us.aspx
However, the Government does have the power to increase or decrease Ministers' pay. You could start a new petition calling for a cut in minsterial pay.
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