Rejected petition Petition the IPSA to waive yearly pay rise for MPs wiht a national clap instead

Given their performance during the Covid19 crisis, petition the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) to consider waiving a pay rise for MPs this year, with a national Thursday evening clap to be held instead.

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There is ample evidence for the validity and success of this method of incentivising hard working public servants. The original idea in fact comes from government - to whit, clapping our NHS workers whilst attempting to cut short contracts for those who left medical educaction to assist with the covid crisis.

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

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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.

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Date submitted 1 September 2020
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