Ousted MPs are set to get specialist careers recommendation to assist them discover a job after being booted out of the Commons, it has been revealed.
The taxpayer-funded “career transition” scheme would see ex-MPs given free CV writing recommendation from a delegated profession coach to assist them “stand out in the crowd”.
Commons bosses are making ready to rent a recruitment agency to ship the steering subsequent yr. Departing members will likely be given a “budget” to spend with the chosen agency, in line with paperwork seen by the BBC.
MPs, who’re paid £86,548 a yr – two and a half occasions the nationwide common wage – are already paid 4 months’ wage – value greater than £19,000 – for “winding up” their places of work after being voted out.
And guidelines had been expanded this yr to incorporate MPs who selected to step down in addition to those that misplaced their seats. They’re additionally given a separate severance fee, which is linked to their size of time in workplace. On high of that, they’re allowed to say bills for the winding up of their workforce and places of work throughout that interval, together with wage and pensions prices for workers, workplace hire and closing-down prices.
A Commons spokesperson stated the scheme would search to ship “value for money” in addition to “the best possible service” for departing MPs.