Rejected petition Pay all MP’s exclusively in “claps” until our care workers are paid correctly

Since this government seem to think shops, landlords and utility companies are going to allow clapping for our careers as currency, lets change the salary rate of all MP’s and their aides to “claps per hour” until such time as these elected clappers see fit to pay our care workers properly

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Basic human decency.

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

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Date submitted 21 July 2020
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