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Special Advisers: Industrial Disputes

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 13 February 2025UIN 29023

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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 9 August 2024 to Question 1667 on Prime Minister: Special Advisers, whether special advisers who (a) are part of a trade union and (b) not part of a trade union are permitted to go on s

Answered by Georgia Gould

Special advisers are employees of their appointing minister's department and as such have the same legal rights as other employees.

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