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Petition · past parliament

change care assistants minimum wage to £9 an hour.

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

Care assistants deal with a lot of difficult situations, death and diseases on a daily basis. We work very long and unsociable hours and complete a lot more work than people think. We are responsible of keeping service users alive and comftable whilst providing the best duty of care.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Minimum wage for carers £9 per hour we buy our own cars ,petrol,tyres etc

Timeline

26 Oct 2015 Petition opened for signatures
27 Oct 2015 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 17
Status Rejected
Rejected 27 Oct 2015

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.