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Special Advisers: Elections

Asked by Kevin HollinrakeConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 15 October 2025UIN 73833

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has issued guidance to special advisers on undertaking (a) national and (b) local political activities during working hours when accompanying Ministers in a local election purdah period.

Answered by Anna Turley

The rules for national and local political activities are set out in the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers.

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