Submitted on Thursday 9th April 2020
Rejected on Wednesday 20th May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Repeal £10k expenses increase for MPs working at home due to COVID-19
The limits regarding the (much welcomed) furlough, and other support for businesses leaves many people at risk of serious financial suffering. It is therefore abhorrent and inconsistent with the public for MPs to be offered an additional £10k of expenses to work from home.
MPs, rightly, claim expenses related to working within constituency, and London. They have equipment that could be re-purposed for working from home, as businesses had to. Why should they be allowed an additional £10k to enable working from home?
This is a complete waste of public funds and MPs should debate how this could be better spend supporting front-line staff, key workers, those in financial need or small businesses.
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We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for 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.
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You might like to sign some of these petitions, that call on the Government to take action to reimburse various key workers:
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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