Since February of this year and following the 3 year gap from 2017-2020, Northern Ireland has once again been left without a functioning devolved government. During both instances the members have been paid extortionately high salaries despite not doing the job they were elected to do. During a cost of living crisis and given that without a budget many public sector workers (who make up the vast majority of NI workforce) will not receive a pay raise to cover their cost of living, services will not be able to meet public demand. A £600 million overspend has been forecast as a result. 

This petition is to ask your support for the government at Westminster to put in place

• A withdrawal of all wages given to ministers until an executive is formed and a budget agreed.
• A withdrawal of the ability of MLAs to vote for their own pay increases and instead tie wage increases to occur only after an election cycle and only if a majority of the electorate agree to it, this can be on a per candidate basis, i.e. if a candidate wins and they were also agreed to deserve a pay bump by their electorate on the ballot
• A monthly penalty fee of £500 to every MLA for as long as they remain an MLA while there is no executive, they can resign to stop this.
• For these penalties to be fixed for each new government

This needs to happen, Northern Ireland needs governed and the electorate expects action but MLAs are focused on matters that are not important right now and take a paycheck for the right to do so. While they delay the people could lose everything. It's time for the majority to stop them.