Rejected petition MP's Pensions Postponed increase in contribution rate.

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For Members of Parliament to justify the reasoning to postpone the intended increase of 1.85% in contributions in April 2013 to their Pension Scheme. This decision contradicts the increases to the pension contributions of other Public Sector Schemes.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

Decisions on Members' Pensions are taken by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) and not Parliament or Government.

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

Date submitted 15 March 2013
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