Review the yearly lifetime allowance of £115,000 for former PMs.

Rejected 20 signatures

What the petition asks

Since the allowance is intended to pay former PMs back for expenses spent while fulfilling public duties in the role, Parliament should consider introducing a qualifying threshold based on a mimimum period of office.

Parliament should undertake such a review to consider a more proportionate allowance that reflects the length of time and likely expenses incurred while fulfilling public duties. This is prompted by current events, which will see the shortest-serving Prime Minister in the nation's history, receiving £115,000 a year for the rest of her life for only six weeks' work.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

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The Public Duty Costs Allowance is claimable for reimbursement of incurred expenses for necessary office costs and secretarial costs arising from former Prime Minister's special position in public life. You can find out more about this allowance here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-duty-cost-allowance/public-duty-costs-allowance-guidance

Timeline

20 Oct 2022	Petition opened for signatures
24 Oct 2022	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 20

Status Rejected

Rejected 24 Oct 2022

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