An advert has appeared on LinkedIn. Miliband is looking for a new communications director…
DESNZ wants someone to “promote and support the government’s mission of making Britain a clean energy superpower” as well as advising ministers and leading the departments communications efforts. Sources say outgoing communications chief James Sorene departed at the beginning of the month. Sorene was in place since 2023 and previously headed up communications at DHSC…
Guido asked DESNZ about the current situation and didn’t get anything useful by way of reply. Miliband’s department has not been getting the best press recently and its PR stunts – like hiring a fashion model to pose with heat pumps in a castle – have been roundly mocked. Can’t polish a…
Speaking to Sky News off the back of Rachel Reeves’ Air Passenger Duty hike, Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary said:
“Labour is dependent on those Red Wall seats, and yet every move she makes poisons economic growth and damages the UK’s recovery… it’s the Chancellor who stumbles from policy misstep to policy misstep… I think her policy decisions are incredibly stupid.”