Cut MP pay to minimum wage.

MPs have long argued that the minimum wage is in-line with real living wage. In-fact, in 2015 the national minimum wage for 25+ was renamed to the national living wage. If indeed this wage is so liveable, then MPs should have no problem with their wage being set to the minimum instead.

This petition was rejected on 26th May 2020 for not being a Government or Parliamentary matter

The Petition Committee commented:
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/ Donating money would be a decision for individual MPs, not the UK Government or Parliament. You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here: www.gov.uk/coronavirus https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/ The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/ You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak. Find out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/

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This petition is a test of the government's and common's hypocrisy. Will they reduce their wage to the national minimum wage, and prove that it is not liveable, or will they choose to respond to this petition by claiming their superiority or entitlement over hard British workers by claiming that they deserve more than the living wage.

The ball is in your court GOV, admit the minimum wage is NOT liveable, or admit you think yourselves superior to the rest of the country.