As a General Election approaches, Whitehall goes into so-called purdah and the machinery of the Civil Service can no longer be used for making announcements which could be construed as electioneering.
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SNP warned over ‘purdah’ rules during run-up to the election
Labour have warned the Salmond administration not to break rules known as purdah, which ban major Government announcements in the run-up to an election.
