Have British MEPs "forgotten" their staff? This story originated in the UK’s Daily Express newspaper. All British members of the European Parliament are supposed to stop working as MEPs once the UK leaves the EU on March 29, 2019. The newspaper claims that the contracts and salary payments of all 73 of them will continue for three months after that date. It also contends that MEPs' staff will receive no such redundancy payments. But there are three major problems with the report, as we explain.