This petition was submitted during the 2017–2019 Conservative government

Rejected petition MP expenses should be no more than JSA

According to JSA Guidelines the law says you can survive on approx £73 per week, yet MP expenses regularly exceed this, sometimes within a single meal, while millions rely on foodbanks. the government should be able to justify one on context of the other.

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