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Purdah - 2015 General Election begins on 30 March 2015
by Irn Bru Fri Mar 06, 2015 12:41 am
Election ‘purdah’ or the pre-election period - Commons Library Standard Note
The term ‘purdah’ has come into popular use across central and local government to describe the period of time immediately before elections or referendums when specific restrictions on the activity of civil servants are in place. The term ‘pre-election period’ is also used.
For general elections in the past this period commenced with the announcement of the election by the Prime Minister. There will be no announcement of the next general election because the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 set the date as 7 May 2015 and Parliament will be dissolved on 30 March 2015.
The Government has recently announced that pre-election purdah before the next general election will begin on 30 March 2015, the same day as the dissolution of Parliament.
Guidance is issued to civil servants on the principles that they should observe in relation to the conduct of Government business in the ‘purdah’ period. This has not yet been issued for the 2015 general election.
http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/research/briefing-papers/SN05262/election-purdah-or-the-preelection-period
This is what happens leading up to a general election in the UK when Ministers have to abide by rules set by the government on new policy announcements etc.
It will be interesting to see how it works in practice this time because it could get down and dirty.
The term ‘purdah’ has come into popular use across central and local government to describe the period of time immediately before elections or referendums when specific restrictions on the activity of civil servants are in place. The term ‘pre-election period’ is also used.
For general elections in the past this period commenced with the announcement of the election by the Prime Minister. There will be no announcement of the next general election because the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 set the date as 7 May 2015 and Parliament will be dissolved on 30 March 2015.
The Government has recently announced that pre-election purdah before the next general election will begin on 30 March 2015, the same day as the dissolution of Parliament.
Guidance is issued to civil servants on the principles that they should observe in relation to the conduct of Government business in the ‘purdah’ period. This has not yet been issued for the 2015 general election.
http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/research/briefing-papers/SN05262/election-purdah-or-the-preelection-period
This is what happens leading up to a general election in the UK when Ministers have to abide by rules set by the government on new policy announcements etc.
It will be interesting to see how it works in practice this time because it could get down and dirty.
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Re: Purdah - 2015 General Election begins on 30 March 2015
by Guest Fri Mar 06, 2015 11:59 am
Makes you wonder what they are trying to hide in that time!
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