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Will Tanner is a British political adviser, serving as Deputy Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak. [1]

Tanner served as one of Theresa May's special advisers from 2014 whilst she was Home Secretary and then when she was Prime Minister from 2016 until leaving in 2017 after the general election. [2] [3]

Tanner then served as chief policy adviser at Portland Communications for a year, [4] before becoming in May 2018 the co-founder and initial director of the think tank Onward. [5]

When Rishi Sunak became Prime Minister, Tanner returned to Number 10 as Deputy Chief of Staff, [1] one of the eight most senior ("band 4") special advisers in the centre of government. [6] In May 2024 during the 2024 general election campaign, Tanner was labelled by The Daily Telegraph as being the author of the Conservative Party's plan to bring in a new form of national service were they to win the election. [7] He was selected as the prospective parliamentary candidate for the seat of Bury St. Edmunds & Stowmarket in the election, [8] alongside his party duties, [9] hoping to replace Jo Churchill. [10]

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  4. ↑ Portland (2017-09-01). "Portland appoints three former Downing Street advisers to its corporate team". Portland. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
  5. ↑ Eaton, George (2018-05-18). "Onward – the Tory think tank on a mission to remake conservatism". The New Statesman. London. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
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  7. ↑ Martin, Daniel (2024-05-26). "Key figure behind National Service plans previously called for more policing". The Telegraph. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  8. ↑ Tomorrow's MPs [@tomorrowsmps] (June 3, 2024). "🔵 BURY ST EDMUNDS & STOWMARKET: Will Tanner wins selection on first round "by a landslide"" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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