Rejected petition Tie MPs' Pay to Average Public Sector Pay Awards

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The proposed 11% pay increase for MPs is nothing short of obscene. Given that MPs are effectively Public Sector employees, the fairest way of determining their wage increase would be to tie it - permanently - to the average public sector pay award, year on year.

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Date submitted 11 July 2013
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