Special Advisers: Industrial Disputes

Cabinet Office written question – answered at on 13 February 2025.

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Photo of Richard Holden Richard Holden Opposition Whip (Commons), Shadow Paymaster General

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 9 August 2024 to Question 1667 on Prime Minister: Special Advisers, whether special advisers who (a) are part of a trade union and (b) not part of a trade union are permitted to go on strike.

Photo of Georgia Gould Georgia Gould The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office

Special advisers are employees of their appointing minister's department and as such have the same legal rights as other employees.

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