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Don’t give MPs a £10000 work from home bonus. Give that £6.5m to the NHS instead

Submitted on Thursday 16th April 2020

Rejected on Wednesday 20th May 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)

Petition Action

Don’t give MPs a £10000 work from home bonus. Give that £6.5m to the NHS instead

Petition Details

The government have announced that all MPs will be receiving a £10,000 Work from home COVID-19 bonus to cover extra costs working from home. They can already claim expenses and get paid enough. Give that money to the NHS instead!!!

Additional Information

MPs do not need the extra money in this time of crisis, our health workers need the money more than they do!


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for MPs' pay or expenses. 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/

You might like to sign this petition, which calls for the Government to protect funding for the NHS: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300925

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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 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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