Brown picks new team of advisers
News Article 10 May 2005
Gordon Brown has revamped his Treasury team of special advisers.
Major: Blair should end practice of political 'black arts'
Press Review 22 February 2005
Tony Blair should put a halt to the Labour Party's smears and dirty tricks against its political opponents, John Major insists today.
Iraq and spin have cost politicians public trust
News Article 8 September 2004
A new report investigating people's attitude to conduct in public life makes grim reading for politicians who are widely mistrusted by the general public
Howard attacks Blair's 'poisonous' style of government
News Article 8 September 2004
The prime minister has been put on the spot over the resignation of his work and pensions secretary.
McCartney fights back against briefings
News Article 8 September 2004
Labour chairman Ian McCartney has hit back at briefing against him ahead of the Cabinet reshuffle this week.
Government demands preview of BBC documentary
Press Review 7 September 2004
Citing national security, the Department for Transport last night demanded a preview of a BBC programme on security lapses at Manchester Airport.
Colin Farrington - Chief executive of the Institute of Public Relations
Interview 2 September 2004
Colin Farrington discusses the need for a parliamentary press office, government communications and the public's trust in politics.
Mandelson 'must not meddle' says PR chief
News Article 2 September 2004
Peter Mandelson must stay out of British politics while in Brussels, a senior spin doctor has warned.
Study into Iraq war 'spin'
Press Review 26 August 2004
The influence of the government's media operation on Iraq war coverage is to be examined by academics.
Watchdog warns on departments' data
Press Review 9 July 2004
Government departments have been guilty of undermining trust in official data, according to independent watchdog the Statistics Commission.
Kavanagh criticises 'sullen' No10
Press Review 5 July 2004
Reviewing John Lloyd's book titled "What the media are doing to our politics" in the FT today, Sun political editor Trevor Kavanagh condemns the government's use of spin.
Hill on defensive over transport slip
Press Review 27 May 2004
David Hill, the Downing Street director of communications, has been forced on the defensive over an off-the-cuff remark about the collapse of part of Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport last weekend.
Sleaze not spin at heart of apathy
Press Review 26 May 2004
An academic study has found that the public's perception of sleaze is the main reason for disaffection with politics.
Forum of Private Business
Government Affairs Website
New book sheds light on spin
Press Review 24 May 2004
"Inside Blair's Bunker", a new book from political journalists Simon Walters and Peter Oborne, alleges that the government colluded with the Sun newspaper to set the news agenda on asylum.
