Rejected petition Restrict the salary of MPs to the National Living Wage.

Many working people in our country struggle to survive financially, even when holding down numerous jobs. MPs voting themselves generous pay increases is insulting to these hard working people. We believe that MPs should have their salary restricted to encourage them to work for a fairer society.

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 and expenses. 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

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

Date submitted 18 May 2016
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