Government to Change Impartiality Guidance on Speakers

Paymaster General Jeremy Quin arrives for a Cabinet Meeting at 10 Downing Street in London on November 1, 2022. Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images

The government will change its guidance used to vet speakers before inviting them to taxpayer-funded events, a Cabinet Office minister has announced.

Civil servants organising government events follow official guidance that instructs them to conduct due diligence on guest speakers.