This petition was submitted during the 2010 to 2015 Parliament
Rejected petition Don't Pay £1.7bn extra to EU or I'll join UKIP
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The purpose of this ePetition is to test the Conservatives metal with a challenge, and that is to see if they can actually stand up to Europe and say "NO the UK is not paying the £1.7bn extra to EU".
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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We have already received a similar e-Petition that we are currently considering and will publish in due course.
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