Rejected petition Cancel the MP payrise, instead, let's clap for them every Wednesday!

Cancel the MP payrise.
Put the money back into key services currently struggling.

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Recognise there are plenty more key workers giving much more and calls for their payrises have been rebuked.
Why should MPs get a payrise and key workers just get clapped.

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Date submitted 11 October 2020
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