Petition · past parliament
Stop using Civil Servants to help the Remain in EU campaign it's abuse of power
Rejected
20 signatures
What the petition asks
Nadine Dorries MP raised a question that a Civil servant, Chris Hopkins, was sending out communications on behalf of the Remain in EU campaign. His reply was clearly biased and that he saw no issue in using the civil service to promote the leave campaign. This is not offered to the Leave EU groups
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 22 Feb 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 26 Feb 2016 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
20
Status
Rejected
Rejected
26 Feb 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.