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Ban political Special Advisers

Submitted by Brian Coiley on Monday 25th May 2020

Published on Monday 3rd August 2020

Current status: Closed

Closed: Wednesday 3rd February 2021

Signatures: 22

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Tagged with

Civil service ~ Minister ~ Ministers ~ Prime Minister ~ Prime Ministers ~ PrimeMinister ~ Recruitment ~ The Prime Minister

Petition Action

Ban political Special Advisers

Petition Details

Ministers (including the Prime Minister) should be barred from employing political Special Advisers on the public payroll. Anyone employed by a Government department (or No. 10) should be hired through normal Civil Service recruitment procedures to fill a recognised vacancy.

Additional Information

Political Special Advisers are, by definition, political. They act for the benefit of a political party or their individual minister, not for the public. If a minister wishes to have a political Special Adviser, that person should be employed and paid by the minister personally or by his political party.


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