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Unlock Democracy: Why do dozens of MPs need #SecondJobs? It‘s a terrible look and it’s eroding trust in our politics. Sign our letter to the Committee on Standards.
https://secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/189498/donate/1?locale=en-GB&en_chan=bs&en_ref=247198997 #MPsSecondJobs #NineJobsNige

Act now on MPs' second jobs

Why do dozens of MPs need second jobs? It‘s a terrible look and it’s eroding trust in our politics. Sign our letter to the Committee on Standards.

Unlock Democracy

CBC Ottawa Mar 31

Tips to city hotline uncover employees sleeping on shift, working second jobs
Ottawa’s auditor general uncovered dozens of cases of city employees behaving badly last year, including by sleeping on the job and taking city vehicles for personal use.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/tips-to-city-hotline-uncover-employees-sleeping-on-shift-working-second-jobs-9.7148761?cmp=rss

jaimedavid327 Nov 1, 2025

When Hypotheticals Become Reality: Furloughed Workers Forced Into Second Jobs Just to Survive

I remember when this shutdown first started — I said, half out of frustration and half out of fear, that if this thing went on long enough, furloughed federal workers would eventually have to take on second jobs just to make ends meet. Back then, it was just a hypothetical. A what-if. A warning of how bad things could get if Washington didn’t get its act together. But now, it’s not a hypothetical anymore. It’s reality. And it’s bleak. Across the country, federal workers who were […]

https://theinterfaithintrepidart.com/2025/11/01/when-hypotheticals-become-reality-furloughed-workers-forced-into-second-jobs-just-to-survive/

Mark Aug 29, 2024

Act Now on MPs 2nd Jobs

It’s a new government, but some of the headlines we’re seeing on 2nd jobs suggest business as usual.

We’re calling on the Leader of the House, Lucy Powell #MP, to make action on 2nd jobs an urgent priority.

Labour must deliver on the promises they made in opposition.

https://secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/155839/petition/1

#UK #Labour #MPs #corruption #jobs #SecondJobs #petition

Act now on MPs second jobs

Far too many MPs juggle multiple jobs alongside what should be their main job of representing their constituents and scrutinising legislation. We must stop the sleaze in Westminster, and we can start now by restricting MPs’ second jobs. Sign the petition.

Unlock Democracy

SubtleBlade ⚔️Apr 21, 2024

Outgoing #Tory MPs take lucrative #SecondJobs and ‘swan off on #jollies’ -
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/21/tory-mps-lucrative-second-jobs-stand-down-commons

Alarm at growing number of #WorkingPeople in #UK ‘struggling to make ends meet’

UK #debt advice charity warns that #CostOfLivingCrisis and higher #rents are pushing younger full-time workers into difficulties

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/apr/21/working-people-debt-cost-of-living-crisis-rents-workers
[Compare and contrast] #ToryBehaviour #ToryPoliciesInAction
#GTTO

Outgoing Tory MPs take lucrative second jobs and ‘swan off on jollies’

Sixty four Tories and four independent MPs who lost party whip plan to stand down from the Commons amid dire polling for Conservatives

The Guardian

openDemocracy Jan 18, 2024

Exclusive: Tory MP earns £900 an hour from arms firm run by bribery suspect

Find out more here 👇

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/mark-pritchard-mp-north-macedonia-ats-group-arms-weapons-serbia-bribery-arrest-shefshet-demirovski/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=MPArmsfirm

#MPs #Conservatives #Tories #SecondJobs #UKPolitics #UkPol #Armsfirms #transparency

Tory MP paid £900 an hour by bribery suspect’s weapons firm

Labour accuses Mark Pritchard of bringing Parliament into disrepute over job with North Macedonian company

openDemocracy

John Nov 12, 2023

https://thewest.com.au/news/social/virgin-cabin-crew-applying-to-vote-on-strike-action-c-12528669

Push to #strike at #Virgin #Australia over #burnout and having to take #SecondJobs

#strikes #union #unions #TWU #BainCapital #Capitalism #Exploitation #ClassWar

Virgin cabin crew applying to vote on strike action

Virgin cabin crew will apply for a protected action ballot to vote on taking possible industrial action, including strikes, over pay and conditions.

The West Australian

Cheshire Sep 14, 2023

Whatever Happened To The Crackdown On MPs’ Second Jobs?
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/whatever-happened-crackdown-mps-second-jobs
#SecondJobs

Whatever Happened To The Crackdown On MPs’ Second Jobs?

Sit down, this might come as a shock, but: the government has broken a promise. In November 2021, with the Owen Paterson scandal fresh in the memor...

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