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Special Advisers: Industrial Disputes

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 2 September 2025UIN 69364

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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2025 to Question HL8409 on special advisers, whether special advisers who wish to undertake industrial action can only do so as part of industrial action undertaken by their app

Answered by Ms Abena Oppong-Asare

As special advisers have the same legal rights as other employees, their right to take industrial action is not limited to their appointing minister’s department.

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