Medals and bigger pay-offs for MPs? It’s a tough sell to the public
In politics, as in comedy, timing is everything – and the timing of this suggestion is awful, writes Sean O’Grady
A parliamentary committee has suggested MPs need to be rewarded more to attract the best talent
A committee of MPs claims that a lack of support for former politicians wishing to find new employment could put potential newcomers off a career in parliament. Outgoing members should be rewarded with medals for long service and more generous redundancy payments, they argue, in a bid to help them move into other jobs.
Some MPs are said to have experienced difficulty persuading employers of their merits, and suffered “financial challenges and hardship” after leaving parliament, some waiting months for “loss of office” money.
What was that again?
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