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This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament

Rejected petition Stop the government wasting 3.5 billion on refurbishing Westminster

There's a shortfall in funding for many services in this country and it is wrong that government are preparing to waste so much money refurbishing a building when it would be more cost effective to build a new building somewhere else

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.

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You could start a new petition asking for a new building to be built for Parliament, in London or somewhere else in the UK, if that's what you'd like to happen.

You can find out more about the restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster here:

https://restorationandrenewal.parliament.uk/

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