Rejected petition Discuss a review of all Government expenses and justify the MP's 10% pay rise.

MP's expenses claims are ridiculous in what they are allowed to claim. With tax benefits being cut from the poor, having to find spending cuts on NHS, Defence, Policing, Education.... the list goes on, why does the government think that the house of commons is exempt?

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Why was this petition rejected?

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

The Government and Parliament don’t have the power to set MPs’ pay. That power was given by Parliament to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) in 2010, so that after 2012 MPs no longer had control over their own pay. IPSA conducted a public consultation after 2012 and decided what the salaries of MPs should be after the election.

IPSA is also responsible for the rules for about MPs’ expenses and business costs.

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Date submitted 23 November 2015
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