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<p>The named individuals were continuously employed by the Foreign, Commonwealth and
Development Office as special advisers on full-time contracts between 7 July and 2
September 2022.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As per the Code of Conduct for Special
Advisers, special advisers may have involvement in political activity in their own
time, outside office hours.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Departmental special advisers
were also permitted to take unpaid leave to take part in a leadership campaign, subject
to Ministerial approval. In this case, all these individuals took unpaid leave for
the duration of the campaign, meaning there was no cost to the taxpayer for any such
activity.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>These are long-standing arrangements, and
reflect the substantive rules put in place for the Labour Party leadership election
under the last Labour Government (as evident from Library deposited papers DEP 06/2344
and DEP 07/1292).</p>
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