Rejected petition Tie MPs salaries to a multiple of the minimum wage.

Legislate to tie MPs salaries to the minimum wage.

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The current salary for an MP is £81932. Someone working forty hours a week on the current minimum wage of £8.91 an hour for fortyeight weeks will receive an annual income of just over £17000 - less than a fifth of what MPs earn. Legislation that ties MPs salaries to the minimum wage will ensure the two remain proportionate to each other.

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Date submitted 11 October 2021
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