Petition · past parliament

End the ex Prime Minister annual allowance of £115,000

Rejected 9 signatures

What the petition asks

Stop paying every ex PM an annual allowance, the sum of £115,000 is unnecessary as they are no longer in position.
No other employee is paid a vast sum of money when they leave a job - by choice or force. MPs bring in cuts to all areas, we have had austerity which affected those who could I’ll afford to have less money, yet they are overly generous with themselves and the Prime Minister. Considering it is the MPs and Prime Ministers who have driven the country to the appalling state it is in, they should not be paid any sort of allowance. We are rewarding failure, especially in recent times. It must stop

Why it was rejected

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

You may wish to sign this petition which calls for the same action: Abolish the Public Duties Cost Allowance (PDCA) for former Prime Ministers

Timeline

21 Oct 2022 Petition opened for signatures
27 Oct 2022 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 9
Status Rejected
Rejected 27 Oct 2022

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.