Will Tanner

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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]

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  1. ^ a b Mason, Rowena (2023-09-21). "Who's who in No 10? The team shaping Sunak's approach to next election". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
  2. ^ Hayward, Freddie (2023-09-30). "Inside Sunak's No 10". New Statesman. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
  3. ^ "Leadership changes at Home Office & DfT as Mark Sedwill named Theresa May's top security adviser". Civil Service World. 2020-06-24. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
  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.
  6. ^ "Special adviser data releases: numbers and costs, July 2023 (HTML)". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2024-05-18.