Education Secretary Michael Gove was discovered to have based a claim of 'disturbing historical ignorance' among teenagers in an article he wrote for The Mail on Sunday in March partly on statistics from PR surveys by Premier Inn and UKTV Gold.
Labour MP Chuka Umunna is in the firing line after failing to deny that one of his team likened him to Barack Obama on Wikipedia, under the pseudonym 'Socialdemocrat'.
09 Apr 2013
| by Siobhan Kenny
Former government comms adviser Siobhan Kenny remembers being behind the scenes for Margaret Thatcher's resignation in 1990.
Conservative Party adviser Tom Muir has been poached to head up comms for the group operating the NHS' first privately run hospital.
Energy powerhouse Centrica has poached the Conservatives' director of research and policy Nick Park.
Data on the supporters of issues-based campaigns is being used to help amass a trove of information available ahead of the next general election.
David Cameron's deputy spokesman may become a more regular presence in lobby briefings, PRWeek understands.
The public affairs industry has called on the Government to improve regulations that will tighten the rules on former government officials becoming lobbyists.
The Minister of State for Business and Enterprise has appointed a Hanover consultant to work as his special adviser.
Culture Secretary Maria Miller has appointed a consultant from Hanover as her new special adviser.