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The Chair has written to political party leaders and parliamentary candidates in the forthcoming general election about the importance of upholding standards of conduct during elections.
This collection of guidance sets out what candidates need to know and do about their security and signposts to more detailed guidance.
This page brings together advice from social media platforms about online security.
Find out more about elections and referendums in the UK, including the general election, check who can vote in each election and how voting works.
This guidance provides detailed advice on good election security practice. If you are an election candidate, please visit the Candidate Security Guidance Collection linked at the top of this page to find the specific information you need on protective, cyber...
What is a public appointment and how to apply for one.
Guidance for recruiters on appointing candidates from a reserve list, and managing reserve list expiry.
Guidance for recruiters who support candidates at ‘Help required’ status, manage deadline extensions and arrange application re-submissions.
How political parties, candidates, agents and campaigners can undertake COVID-secure campaigning activity for the May 21 polls.
Information on the rules that charities must follow, and how parliamentary candidates can engage with them during an election campaign.
Ad hoc management information.
Guidance and advice for candidates using the Civil Service Jobs website.
Employment Tribunal decision.
This publication is an ad-hoc statistical release summarising the analysis of data from judicial selection exercises, in order to understand the differences in the progression of target groups in both legal and non-legal recruitment exercises, by controlling for the effect...
This election brochure for Professor Dapo Akande explains his experience and expertise as the UK candidate for the ILC election 2021.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Key issues and questions for charities to consider based on insights from our casework into campaigning and political activity during previous election periods.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
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