Rejected petition Only allow migrants to claim UK benefits for one dependant spouse & family

It is illegal for UK citizens to be married to more than one person at any one time. Therefore it's not right or fair for UK taxpayers to be funding more than one dependant wife & kids of a migrant benefit claimant, & should be stopped as soon as possible.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

In response to a previous petition, the Government has said:

"Polygamous marriages which take place abroad may be recognised but will make a household no better off under the benefit system."

You can read the full response here: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/108431

It's therefore not clear what action you would like the Government to take.

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

Date submitted 2 January 2017
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