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COI Spending £
 
COI Spending £
1997–98 £111 million
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*1997–98 £111 million
1998–99 £173 million
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*1998–99 £173 million
1999–2000 £200 million
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*1999–2000 £200 million
2000–01 £295 million
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*2000–01 £295 million
2001–02 £273 million
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*2001–02 £273 million
2002–03 £267 million
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*2002–03 £267 million
2003–04 £317 million
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*2003–04 £317 million
2004–05 £343 million
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*2004–05 £343 million
2005–06 £322 million
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*2005–06 £322 million
2006–07 £338 million
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*2006–07 £338 million
2007–08 £391 million
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*2007–08 £391 million
  
 
The first year of the current Prime Minister [[Gordon Brown]] has coincided with a 16% rise in the cost of Government advertising, marketing and publicity. Government advertising has also attracted particular controversy this year, when the Home Office abused the marketing funds by funding newspapers advertisements on police during the local elections “purdah”
 
The first year of the current Prime Minister [[Gordon Brown]] has coincided with a 16% rise in the cost of Government advertising, marketing and publicity. Government advertising has also attracted particular controversy this year, when the Home Office abused the marketing funds by funding newspapers advertisements on police during the local elections “purdah”
 
period, mirroring the Labour Party’s own campaigning.  
 
period, mirroring the Labour Party’s own campaigning.  
  
There has also been an historic trend of COI advertising strangely rising just before an expected general election <ref> Government Communication report with evidence published 26-January-2009[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200809/ldselect/ldcomuni/7/7.pdf House of Lords: Select Committe on Communication], Accessed 26-January-2009 </ref>
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There has also been an historic trend of COI advertising strangely rising just before an expected general election <ref> Government Communication report with evidence published 26-January-2009[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200809/ldselect/ldcomuni/7/7.pdf House of Lords: Select Committee on Communication], Accessed 26-January-2009 </ref>
  
 
==Resources==
 
==Resources==

Revision as of 19:47, 26 January 2009

Political communications

Central Office of Information spending on public relations, marketing and advertising now costs £391 million a year, more than three times the rate that Labour inherited.

COI Spending £

  • 1997–98 £111 million
  • 1998–99 £173 million
  • 1999–2000 £200 million
  • 2000–01 £295 million
  • 2001–02 £273 million
  • 2002–03 £267 million
  • 2003–04 £317 million
  • 2004–05 £343 million
  • 2005–06 £322 million
  • 2006–07 £338 million
  • 2007–08 £391 million

The first year of the current Prime Minister Gordon Brown has coincided with a 16% rise in the cost of Government advertising, marketing and publicity. Government advertising has also attracted particular controversy this year, when the Home Office abused the marketing funds by funding newspapers advertisements on police during the local elections “purdah” period, mirroring the Labour Party’s own campaigning.

There has also been an historic trend of COI advertising strangely rising just before an expected general election [1]

Resources

References

  1. Government Communication report with evidence published 26-January-2009House of Lords: Select Committee on Communication, Accessed 26-January-2009