Rejected petition Cut Mp Allowances

MP’s allowances are the “worst of all worlds”, and “indefensible and unfair” deep cuts to the allowances, more especially the ‘second home allowance’, In a country in which most people commute MPs allowances are “indefensible and unfair”

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MPs allowances are “indefensible and unfair”

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Date submitted 11 March 2025
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