House’s third swing at the 10% hardship raise could be the last

House’s third swing at the 10% hardship raise could be its last: The House of Representatives risks scrapping the 10% hardship raise for bureaucrats not covered under the Civil Service Act if it fails to reach quorum for a third time during today’s general assembly session to vote, as House laws stipulate, Ahram Gate reports. House Speaker Ali Abdelaal postponed the vote yesterday and once before last week due to lack of quorum. Behind the scenes, there’s a running conflict between some MPs and the government over the size of the raises. Luckily though, anddespite the objections within their ranks, MPs appears to have resolved their issues with the Ismail cabinet, according to Youm7,agreeing that it take the form of a specific EGP sum rather than a percentage of employees’ base salary, as they had earlier demanded.