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Has David Cameron Breached the Ministerial Code?

Ruth Tarrant

12th November 2015

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The Labour Party has written to Sir Jeremy Heywood, the cabinet secretary, arguing that David Cameron, who is MP for Witney, Oxfordshire, has broken the Ministerial Code, which requires ministers to "keep separate their roles" in government and as constituency members.

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Ruth Tarrant

Ruth has been Subject Lead in Economics at tutor2u for many years after a career of teaching Economics, Business, Politics and Maths in a range of secondary schools. She is a highly experienced A level Economics Examiner, and also teaches undergraduate Economics on a very part-time basis at the University of Oxford. Ruth is passionate about making economics fun, engaging and accessible.

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