Rejected petition Allow civil servants the freedom to choose if they support Brexit or not.

This is a breach of freedom of speech, freedom of expression and the basic democratic rights of civil servants. They should be allowed to decide for themselves of the back Brexit or not.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Civil servants, like other citizens, will be able to decide how to cast their vote in the referendum.

If you would like civil servants to have the freedom to express their views in public, you could start a petition about that.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 3 March 2016
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