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To: Chancellor George Osborne
Apply the Benefit Cap to MP Pensions
The Benefit Cap should be applied to MPs pensions, as these are Welfare payments as presented to all the taxpayers in the HMRC Official Tax Spend Statistics being posted to every Tax-Payer across the UK.
Why is this important?
MP's should not earn more when they're not working than Hard Working Families who have to support them.
MP Pensions are catagorised as Welfare in the HMRC's Tax Summary, being posted to every tax-payer, but are not subject to any Welfare regulation, while JobSeekers Allowance only accounts for 3% of the Welfare Catagory.
The purpose of the Benefit Cap is to prevent people, regardless of circumstances, who are not working from earning more than Hard Working Families.
MP Pensions are catagorised as Welfare in the HMRC's Tax Summary, being posted to every tax-payer, but are not subject to any Welfare regulation, while JobSeekers Allowance only accounts for 3% of the Welfare Catagory.
The purpose of the Benefit Cap is to prevent people, regardless of circumstances, who are not working from earning more than Hard Working Families.
