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<p>Special Advisers must adhere to the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers. As it
states in the code of conduct, all Special Adviser appointments must be approved by
the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister may terminate employment by withdrawing
his consent to an individual appointment at any time.</p><p>Dominic Cummings operates
under the authority of his appointing Minister, the Prime Minister. An area which
the PM has asked Dominic Cummings to lead on is decisions concerning the management
of Special Advisers.</p><p>As the code of conduct sets out, Special Advisers cannot
exercise any power in relation to the management of any part of the Civil Service,
except in relation to another Special Adviser.</p><p> </p>
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