This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition End Public Duties Cost Allowance for ex pm unless they meet a certain criteria.
End the Public Duties Cost Allowance for ex prime ministers that were not voted in via a General Election, or have not been in post for at least 6 months.
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Under current rules, PMs are entitled to claim £115,000 for the rest of their life, even after being PM for less than 2 months, or if they were voted in via internal party ballot, and not via a GE.
The Appointment of any Prime Minister on behalf of the country, via anything other than a GE is undemocratic, and to then pay them a lifetime annual salary of this size, at the taxpayers expense, is unacceptable.
In the past 2 months, 3 people became entitled to it, under this system.
It must stop
This petition was rejected
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We currently have the below petition open which you might like to sign:
Abolish the Public Duties Cost Allowance (PDCA) for former Prime Ministers
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/625940
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