The manager of our charity has been invited to a fundraising dinner for a local parliamentary candidate. Can she attend?
Unless he has been invited to attend in his private capacity, his presence will be seen as supporting that particular candidate and is therefore not allowed. He should decline the invitation. Furthermore, if there are costs attached, for example to sponsor a table, they would constitute an impermissible donation to the party. If he has been invited to attend in his private capacity – and there is no risk that he will be taken to be attending on behalf of the charity – these difficulties should not arise.
