Rejected petition Establish House of Commons Charitable Foundation for MPs pay rise

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With today's news that IPSA is to order an 11% increase in MPs salaries (without the agreement of Parliament), at a time when lots of families in Britain are struggling, we call on the House of Commons to establish a charitable foundation allowing MPs to donate any money that they wish. With an £8000 annual increase in salary, if just 500 MPs chose to get involved, the foundation could raise around £4million a year, which could be divided between charities that apply for grants. We are not calling for the salaries to be frozen, but for MPs that claim to be against such a rise, to donate if they wish and help others- actions speak louder than words.

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

This is a matter for Parliament not for the Government

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Date submitted 8 December 2013
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