Rejected petition live on £53

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Iain Duncan Smith has said that he could live on £53 of benefits a week 'if I had too'. We think that as a multi-millionaire he simply doesn't appreciate how little money this is to live on, especially after bills. He recently claimed £49 expenses for breakfast for one day.

We petition IDS to live on £53 for a month, with account taken of average bills in a one bedroom flat, and the remainder given to him to live on.

This petition was rejected

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There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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Date submitted 1 April 2013
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