Will Tanner is a British political adviser, serving as Deputy Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister,

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. Tanner served as one of

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'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. Tanner then served as chief policy adviser at

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for a year, before becoming in May 2018 the co-founder and initial director of the

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Onward. When

became Prime Minister, Tanner returned to Number 10 as Deputy Chief of Staff, one of the eight most senior ("band 4") special advisers in the centre of government. In May 2024 during the 2024 general election campaign, Tanner was labelled by ''

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'' of being the author of the Conservative Party's plan to bring in a new form of

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were they to win the election. He stood as prospective parliamentary candidate for the seat of Bury St. Edmunds & Stowmarket in the election, alongside his party duties, hoping to replace Jo Churchill.

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Living people British special advisers Year of birth missing (living people) Conservative Party (UK) parliamentary candidates {{UK-poli-stub