George Osborne should resign as MP over appointment as editor of LES

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

If George Osborne wants to take up his position as editor of the London Evening Standard he should resign as MP for Tatton
- It is inappropriate for him to be the editor of a London paper while being MP for Tatton, Cheshire
- Constituents would be under represented
- He shouldn't get an MP salary

- The London Evening Standard has appointed George Osborne as their editor.
- This salary is unknown.
- George Osborne is the MP for Tatton
- He has said he will continue as MP for Tatton, which he gets a salary of almost £75,000 for

News article is:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39304944

Why it was rejected

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

Complaints about breaches of the House of Commons Code of Conduct are investigated by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, who is independent of Parliament and Government. You can find out more about the Commissioner and her role here:

http://www.parliament.uk/pcs

Timeline

17 Mar 2017	Petition opened for signatures
24 Mar 2017	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 24 Mar 2017

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