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This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament
Petition MPs should experience poverty first hand
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MPs should experience poverty first hand by living for a month in one of the poorest council estates on a minimum income and support their family.
This would give them a better understanding of the poverty problems that have to be solved.
This petition is closed This petition ran for 12 months
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