Review armed forces pensions and annual increases at present linked to the CPI

Rejected 16 signatures

What the petition asks

Armed forces pensions are at present linked to the CPI, they were originally linked to the RPI which always ran at a higher rate of inflation figure.
This was changed by government to save money by using the lower rated CPI.

How is it that politicians can award themselves an 11% pay rise and soetimes more under the same austerity budget. Yet we have to tighten our belts due to our pensions being unable to keep up with the cost of living.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We're not sure what specific action you would like the Government or Palriament to take. If you would like armed forces pensions to be linked to RPI, rather than CPI, you could start a new petition calling for that.

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.

Timeline

28 Apr 2016	Petition opened for signatures
3 May 2016	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 16

Status Rejected

Rejected 3 May 2016

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