This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Cut the pay and the amount of MP's in the UK. There are far too many.
With all Public services being cut back and no or very little pay rises for the people that actually matter, MP's have just announced another payrise for themselves above what is offered to others. Therefore I say we axe their numbers and freeze there pay or reduce it.
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 can't accept your petition in its current form as MPs pay is not the responsibility of the UK Government and Parliament. 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.
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