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Free or discounted travel on public transport for Nurses and Doctors.

Submitted on Friday 27th March 2020

Rejected on Tuesday 12th May 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Free or discounted travel on public transport for Nurses and Doctors.

Petition Details

Please consider discounted or free travel for nurses and doctors on public transport such as buses and trains in the United Kingdom

Additional Information

Healthcare workers are doing a great job for the country saving lives and providing an invaluable service to the population which such dedication and commitment. The armed forces already have the benefit of discounted or free travel on public transport. This should also be considered for healthcare workers including Doctors and Nurses.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/305854

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