‘Kids in short pants’ rule all, says new Samara report

According to Samara's latest report, MPs said the influence of political staffers is growing along with rabid partisanship.

The growing influence of political staffers is dividing MPs, says a new report from the Samara Centre for Democracy, with some taking issue with the amount of influence they have on policy decisions given that they are unelected individuals.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY EMILY HAWS

November 5, 2018

The growing influence of political staffers is dividing MPs, says a new report from the Samara Centre for Democracy, and some are taking issue with the amount of influence they have on policy decisions given that they are unelected individuals.

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