..........."Ministers may be out on the stump campaigning but departments continue to send ministerial boxes with papers that need signing.
In the case of a serious event - like a terrorist attack - the Cobra emergency committee would still be activated,
with relevant ministers present.
However, Cabinet Office guidance states that
major policy decisions should be postponed until after the election, provided it "would not be detrimental to the national interest or wasteful of public money".
"It is customary for Ministers to observe discretion in initiating any action of a continuing or long-term character," it states.
MPs - whether new or returning - will not take up their seats in the Commons again until 18 May.
Until then, while the political world is turned upside-down during the pre-election tussle, the electorate need not quite expect the rest of the country to descend into chaos.
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BBC News - Who runs the country during an election campaign?