Rejected petition Stop the 2019 MP pay rise.

The current salary for an MP is £77,379. MPs also receive expenses to assist them with staff costs, travel food and having somewhere to live in London . In 2019 it has been proposed that their salary should rise to £79,468. Which is a rise of 2.7 percent.

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MPs received a pay rise last year and in fact the past 10 years they have had a rise from 65k to this eye watering figure of 79k. It's above inflation and during a time when we are seeing cuts to our services . I propose that this year MPs receive no pay rise and the funds instead are invested into helping our most vulnerable in society such as homeless veterans.

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Date submitted 2 March 2019
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