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Government officials to pay 20% of their salary to working NHS staff

Submitted on Saturday 28th March 2020

Rejected on Tuesday 12th May 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)

Petition Action

Government officials to pay 20% of their salary to working NHS staff

Petition Details

Any government official who is forced to work from home due to testing positive to the virus to also be paid at 80%. The remaining 20% to go to NHS staff dealing with the virus

Additional Information

Millions of UK workers who earn considerably less than government officials are having to take pay cuts. So should the government


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

We understand that you want the Government to increase pay for NHS workers during the current outbreak, but it's not clear if you want Government employees to voluntarily contribute part of their salary, or for the Government to impose a pay cut or tax to raise additional funds to pay the NHS staff.
You could start a new petition stating exactly what action you want the Government to take.

We have published a number of petitions calling on the Government to take actions to financially reward key workers, including NHS staff, which you might like to sign:

Identify and reward all key workers due to Covid-19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/308903

Consider how to compensate key workers for their efforts during Covid-19 crisis: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/308172

Make hazard pay mandatory for key workers in the midst of COVID 19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/307619

Give all key workers a 100% tax and Nat. Ins. holiday through COVID-19 crisis: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/306845

Pay bonus to all key workers: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/307215

Pay Key Workers 2 weeks full pay if they have to isolate: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/309104

Incentivise NHS staff during the COVID19 outbreak by making wages untaxable: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/304595

Increase pay for NHS healthcare workers and recognise their work: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300073

Bonus for emergency services personnel working due to COVID-19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/303306

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus
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: www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: 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: 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 and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/

Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/

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