Stop proposed MP pay increase, when people of the UK are being made redundant

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Stop the proposed pay increase for MP's. People are losing there jobs due to covid, front line emergency services that are fighting covid and dealing with the fall out of government legistlation have not had the pay increase to the level proposed for MP's

Government need to stop the increase as they need to understand the resentment that would be felt by members of the public who are struggling due to redundancy and hardship felt by so many due to covid 19. It is stated that it is in line with current public sector pay increase however some emergency services and front line public sector workers at the heart of dealing with covid have not had this increase.

Why it was rejected

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

The UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for setting MPs' pay. The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) is responsible for deciding on MPs' expenses and pay. IPSA is independent of both Parliament and Government.

You can find out more about IPSA here: https://www.theipsa.org.uk/about-us/

Timeline

9 Oct 2020	Petition opened for signatures
15 Oct 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 15 Oct 2020

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