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Press Office Budget

Asked to account for the doubling of the Downing Street Press Office budget since 1997, the PMOS said that these figures had to be seen in the context of the increasing demands of a 24-hour media. There had been a very significant increase in media outlets and interest from the foreign press. Obviously Downing Street had to respond to those demands and in doing so endeavoured to be as cost effective as possible. Put to him that despite the increase in outlets the actual amount of information hadn’t changed, the PMOS said that may be the case, but the demand for it was greater. More outlets simply meant more calls to the press office and more staff needed to take those calls. The PMOS said that obviously we aimed to provide an efficient and cost effective service.

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Are any other members of the public totally outraged at the waste of public money the Prime Minister is causing in allowing John Prescott to keep all his pay & perks? This to me is the final straw. I am a former labour party member joining when Tony Blair came on the scene because of the sleaze surrounding the Tories but this government is now worse & has lost my vote.
Comment by Jane Harding — 6 May 2006 on 10:56 am | Link

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