MPs who lose at general election to get taxpayer-funded help finding jobs
The MPs who are defeated at the next year’s general election will get taxpayer-funded support to find a new job.
House of Commons authorities are examining ways to deliver a new “career transition” scheme for politicians before voters go to the polls in 2024.
Officials are looking to pay a recruitment firm to help with CV writing and job coaching, the BBC first reported.
A Commons spokesperson confirmed to The Independent the programme was “due to be in place” in time for the next election.
It comes in response to report by a committee of MPs that said many departing MPs struggled after leaving parliament – urging a series changes to make the job more attractive to aspiring politicians.
The cross-party group recommended that MPs should get medals and more generous redundancy payments in help them after life in parliament.
For MPs defeated at the 2019 election, the average loss-of-office payment was £5,250 – equivalent to just under one month of their £84,000 salary.
The committee found that Westminster’s pay-outs compared poorly with comparable countries, with an ousted MP in Germany who has served for 18 years getting £162,000 compensation.
“This could be an event with family and friends and / or presentation with a medallion of service,” the MPs in the Commons administration select committee said, in a suggestion which raised eyebrows.
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