Submitted on Friday 3rd April 2020
Rejected on Friday 29th May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Swap the salaries of Nurses and Members of Parliament.
The starting salary for a nurse working in the NHS is circa £24,000
The starting salary of a Member of Parliament is circa £80,000
We feel that it is only fair that nurses earn what a Member of Parliament currently does and that Members of Parliament should earn what nurses do.
During the Corona Virus Crisis, we have learnt to appreciate what or medical staff do for us and how important they are to society that is why we put forward a petition to exchange the salaries between Members of Parliament and the medical staff on the front line in our NHS.
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
The UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for setting MPs' pay. The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) is responsible for deciding on MPs' expenses and pay. IPSA is independent of both Parliament and Government.
You can find out more about IPSA here: www.theipsa.org.uk/about-us/
We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Introduce a minimum starting wage of £40000 for all Nurses: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/315297
Increase pay for NHS healthcare workers and recognise their work: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300073
Give NHS staff a pay rise in line with MPs pay increase: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/313513
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www.gov.uk/coronavirus
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
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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: committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
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