Rejected petition Cut MP's pay to incentivise them to work harder.

Due to the recent vote in parliament to cut disabilities benefits, which was argued would incentivise people to find jobs, the government should lead by example and cut their pay online with the cuts that were voted through.

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.

If you would like to contact IPSA, here’s how to contact them:

http://parliamentarystandards.org.uk/About%20Us/Pages/Contact-Us.aspx

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Date submitted 17 March 2016
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