Rejected petition No MPs or Lords claim expenses if they own £1M of property or earn £100K

Rejected on 3 July 2019

In my opinion this would help the country to see that MPs and Lords members are not immune to Means Testing, in particular, for their expenses. The £1m and £100K to include spouses. This will also be widened to local council members in due course but at lower levels of property and outside salary.

Why was this petition rejected?

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