This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament
Rejected petition Reduce the deficit by 13 million a year with MP pay cuts.
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In 2010 there were 650 MP's elected with 649 taking seats. Each one earns approx £65,738. With additional benefits and payed appearances they earn around £77,738. This roughly translates to £1595 a week. If each one took a cut of £385 a week or £20,000 a year this would leave 13 million pounds.
Considering the cuts to the NHS, education, public services and tax rises I think the least our MP's could do is stand by the side of the country they serve and accept they need to accept cut's too. Most people would kill for a 50K job a year. So asking them to reduce their wages to 57K pa I think is a sensible request to make.
While I understand the work these people put in for our country and while I can understand they might assume they deserve such a high pay check. I think that at this time we need them to stand by our sides and put there love for money aside and put there love for our country first.
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