Ban political Special Advisers

Closed 22 signatures

What the petition asks

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.

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.

Timeline

3 Aug 2020	Petition opened for signatures
3 Feb 2021	Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 22

Status Closed

Department Cabinet Office

Opened 3 Aug 2020

Closed 3 Feb 2021

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