What do out of work MPs do? Do they find another job?!

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Just that really?! I know Rishi will start making more money on the circuit now so to speak. But what do all the others do? What sort of jobs?

Ypu quoted my post

I'm so worried about Rishi 😂

As a PP said, there’s no problem with former MP staff working for the civil service. There may be some restrictions if you’re applying for a very senior role (SCS1 or above) but certainly not working in a job centre or even policy roles in central government. Actually I think most MP staff are likely to make good civil servants, they probably have very relevant skills.

This. The ridiculous hate and assumptiin they’ve all made a packet from dodgy deals and go on to earn a fortune is ridiculous.

Meanwhile, the actually former MP on this thread went on to work on an advice line for families with SEN kids. Because that’s where the big money is obviously

Depending on age. They go back into careers they had before. I know someone who was in politics from graduating so had no 'career' to go back to and they are now some kind of advisor for a company.

They get a winding up office payment - they will get paid for four months now, up from two previously. Their staff get made redundant - they effectively also get four months salary but are still working in that time , closing down the local office and handing over casework to the incoming MP's new staff.
It's a known hazard of the job. You can lose it through no fault of your own.

Some big hitters/very famous former MPs can do speeches etc but most go into much more mundane jobs.

Back benchers often go into political communications firms/PR/government advisory firms or think tanks.
If they had strong links to a particular industry while in parliament, they often end up working there. Eg if you were on the parliamentary committee for energy, you prob can get a job as political and PR advisor to an energy company (unless you are an absolute idiot)

Doctors and barristers who are MPs tend to continue to do a bit of work during their term in parliament so can go back into it easily enough.

This isn’t true. It’s absolute nonsense a quick google will confirm this. Since 2013 PMs get same pension as other MPs which is a contributory scheme based on length of service. Ex-PMs can claim expenses for things which are deemed necessary by virtue of being ex-PM, for example security. They can claim up to approx £126k a year.
fullfact.org/online/liz-truss-annual-allowance/

It’s not a lot, I’d be very surprised if someone with the skills to be an mp couldn’t be earning much more in industry; why take the risk.

That’s a bit narrow isn’t it? Sainted labour go into academia and devil Tory get directorships? No skin in the game myself as voted Lib Dem but not every Labour mp is amazing and not every Tory is evil.

Absolutely not. I get paid more than they do and it’s enough to maintain a three bed house in the North and a reasonable lifestyle. I couldn’t afford the job insecurity of being an MP, nor would I take a pay cut for a job that has a much higher public profile and gravity than my own.

MPs do not get paid enough for what the role demands and the job insecurity. That is the reason the House of Commons is made up of wealthy Etonians.

I come from a working class background with no family wealth and a husband on a slightly above average salary. I like the idea of being an MP, I just can’t afford to be one.

If for no other reason that you can come up with, this right here is a perfect reason why your vote is so important, to stop people like Truss from ever getting to that position in the first place.

It's so important who you vote for and what they do. It's so important as constituents that we hold our politicians to account. They are there because as constituents we put them there. We can just as easily remove them from their positions at each election.

I know in Ireland our retired Taoisigh get a handsome pension, and if they were a TD before becoming Taoiseach, they get a TD's pension too. The only way to change that would be to do it from within and no one is going to be that turkey that votes for Christmas. Why would they?

In relation to NI Politics - I'm disappointed that SF didn't do better than they did but I am pleased that the Paisley family have lost their stranglehold on what they saw as their seat!

Not a former MP, former staff member working for an MP.

Hilarious! And not once has he come across a rail replacement service.

This is filling me with fear - Is JRM going to be that high profile 'celebrity' that the Beeb were dangling in front of us recently in press releases for Strictly???

😂😂😂😂😂 this made me chuckle

Point of order. Sunak is still an MP...with a job to do. Will he stand down so he can go to California? A by election?

Former cabinet ministers will be fine, the corporate world will snap them up and most a personally wealthy anyway. Backbenchers will enter the jobs market like anyone else, but being a former MP will look good on their CV.

i once interviewed an ex mp for a ceo role. He didn't have a clue!

Just as well really, since she's as thick as bricks with zero charisma. She'll be completely unemployable.

They all have something lined up. No matter how stupid they appear they are not. They no the risks, none are sitting this morning going oh no, it’s the dole for me.

over 1000 staffers who worked for MPs who lost their seats are now out of work also. They will find it much harder to get a new job.

Will they? They're well-connected with strong/interesting CVs? They go into this kind of work precisely for the opportunities it brings

It is not an issue, it really isn't. These people make significant networks both nationally and internationally. They come from privilege and they will return to privilege. You cannot compare any of them to the disadvantage of someone who worked in British Airways, British Gas, Thomas Cook etc for most of their career and then got thrown out in their ear when times get hard - they're the people to worry about.

That's the pont PP's making. MPs often do come from privilege because if you need to work for a living, it's a risky and poorly paid job (relative to the skills required).

Gullis as a teacher, wasn't he?

Imagine employing that in a school...

I think he’s better at that than he was as a politician, really like the show!