This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Stop Prime Ministers who have a short service in office unproportioned benefits.
The reasoning is that Liz Truss as prime minister has taken this country to its economic knees in less than six weeks of office. Dose this deserve £115,000.00 annual golden handshake?
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Review this prime minister package and limit it to those who have served sufficient time scale such as at least a year (unless having stepped down for health reasons).
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