diff --git a/app/presenters/publishing_api/editionable_topical_event_presenter.rb b/app/presenters/publishing_api/editionable_topical_event_presenter.rb
index 864980c03cc6..8206eb52ee85 100644
--- a/app/presenters/publishing_api/editionable_topical_event_presenter.rb
+++ b/app/presenters/publishing_api/editionable_topical_event_presenter.rb
@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@ def initialize(item, update_type: nil, state: "published")
     def content
       content = BaseItemPresenter.new(
         item,
+        title: item.title,
         update_type:,
       ).base_attributes
 
       content.merge!(
+        description: item.summary,
         details:,
         document_type: item.class.name.underscore,
         public_updated_at: item.updated_at,
diff --git a/test/factories/editionable_topical_events.rb b/test/factories/editionable_topical_events.rb
index dd97c89bb1e0..39aee5df63d0 100644
--- a/test/factories/editionable_topical_events.rb
+++ b/test/factories/editionable_topical_events.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 FactoryBot.define do
   factory :editionable_topical_event, class: EditionableTopicalEvent, parent: :edition do
     title { "editionable-topical-event-title" }
+    summary { "Some basic info about the event" }
   end
 
   factory :draft_editionable_topical_event, parent: :editionable_topical_event, traits: [:draft]
diff --git a/test/unit/app/presenters/publishing_api/editionable_topical_event_presenter_test.rb b/test/unit/app/presenters/publishing_api/editionable_topical_event_presenter_test.rb
index c9d07ac19a2d..8a9c05bce423 100644
--- a/test/unit/app/presenters/publishing_api/editionable_topical_event_presenter_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/app/presenters/publishing_api/editionable_topical_event_presenter_test.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ def present(...)
     expected_hash = {
       base_path: public_path,
       title: topical_event.title,
+      description: topical_event.summary,
       schema_name: "topical_event",
       document_type: "editionable_topical_event",
       locale: "en",