With confirmation that a new ministerial code is coming soon, thought I'd update this chart: Starmer has now taken longer than every PM, apart from May, to publish his version of the code (Blair was the first to publish a Ministerial Code)
ALT A chart from the Institute for Government showing the number of days that prime ministers have taken to publish their ministerial code after first taking office:
- Blair 90 days, of which 11 were parliamentary recess
- Brown 6, 0 recess
- Cameron 10, 0 recess
- May 161, 78 recess
- Johnson 30, 29 recess
- Truss did not publish a ministerial code
- Sunak 58, 7 recess
- Starmer 90, 55 recess