Why do MPs deserve a pay rise when our Troops do not?

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

Government proposed pay freeze of 1% for the UK Armed Forces is an insult when compared with the self voted 11% pay rise of MP's.

As you, the Government, wish to freeze the pay of the Armed Forces, perhaps you should freeze MPs pay first, and that of the PM. Alternatively you could debate why MPs that do not place they're lives in danger deserve a pay rise when our Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen do not.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

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.

If you would like to contact IPSA about its decision, here’s how to contact them:

http://parliamentarystandards.org.uk/About%20Us/Pages/Contact-Us.aspx

We already have a petition about pay rises for the armed forces, which you ight like to sign:

Stop George Osborne messing with the pay rises of our armed forces personnel,

Timeline

8 Apr 2016	Petition opened for signatures
11 Apr 2016	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 19

Status Rejected

Rejected 11 Apr 2016

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