Fiona Hill - Revision history

Melissa Jones: /* Contact, Resources, Notes */

2017-08-21T04:51:01Z

Contact, Resources, Notes

Melissa Jones: /* Controversy */

2017-06-27T04:25:50Z

Controversy

Melissa Jones at 04:24, 27 June 2017

2017-06-27T04:24:58Z

Riccardo Boscherini: /* Controversy */

2017-01-09T13:27:58Z

Controversy

Riccardo Boscherini at 14:07, 8 December 2016

2016-12-08T14:07:39Z

Melissa Jones: Melissa Jones moved page Fiona HIll to Fiona Hill

2016-12-08T11:10:35Z

Melissa Jones moved page Fiona HIll to Fiona Hill

Riccardo Boscherini at 10:27, 8 December 2016

2016-12-08T10:27:26Z

Melissa Jones: /* Controversy */

2016-09-15T02:18:44Z

Controversy

Melissa Jones at 02:17, 15 September 2016

2016-09-15T02:17:30Z

Melissa Jones at 02:16, 15 September 2016

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 ==Contact, Resources, Notes==
 ===Contact===
-Twitter: http://twitter.com/cunnersf
+Twitter: http://twitter.com/cunnersf  (not used since 2010?)
 ===Notes===

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 She was found to be 'the source of an acidic briefing' against education minister [[Michael Gove]]. Gove had briefed ''The Times'' newspaper — as an anonymous "source" — over the alleged plot and had accused the [[Home Office]] of failing to “drain the swamp” of extremists and criticised [[Charles Farr]], Theresa May’s counter-terrorism adviser, who was reportedly in a relationship with Hill. <ref> Andrew Pierce,[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2649035/The-discreet-affair-two-Home-Secretarys-closest-advisers-REAL-reason-bitter-split-Cabinet-colleague-Michael-Gove-Islamic-plot-schools.html The discreet affair between two of the Home Secretary's closest advisers which may be the REAL reason for her bitter split with Cabinet colleague Michael Gove over Islamic plot to take over schools], ''Daily Mail'', 5 June 2014 </ref>
-Hill's reappointment in July 2016 as the newly appointed prime minister Theresa May's chief co-adviser alongside [[Nick Timothy]] was similarly beset by controversy. The two special advisers immediately stood down after May's election campaign resulted in the first Conservative minority government in decades.
+Hill's reappointment in July 2016 as the newly appointed prime minister Theresa May's chief co-adviser alongside [[Nick Timothy]] was similarly beset by controversy. The two special advisers immediately stood down after May's 2017 election campaign resulted in the first Conservative minority government in decades.
 ===Ignored ACOBA rules===

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 [[Image:Fiona Hill with Theresa May.jpg|250px|right|thumb|PM Theresa May with SpAd Fiona Hill]]
-{{Template: Lobbying badge}}{{Template: Revolving Door badge}}'''Fiona Hill''' (formerly Cunningham) is joint chief of staff to the British prime minister [[Theresa May]]. <ref> Rowena Mason, [https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/15/may-appoints-former-advisers-as-joint-chiefs-of-staff May appoints former advisers as joint chiefs of staff], ''The Guardian'', 15 July 2016, accessed 8 December 2016. </ref>
+{{Template: Lobbying badge}}{{Template: Revolving Door badge}}'''Fiona Hill''' (formerly Cunningham) is a former joint chief of staff to the British prime minister [[Theresa May]]. <ref> Rowena Mason, [https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/15/may-appoints-former-advisers-as-joint-chiefs-of-staff May appoints former advisers as joint chiefs of staff], ''The Guardian'', 15 July 2016, accessed 8 December 2016. </ref> She resigned her role after May's disastrous election result in June 2017.
 Hill, a former ''Sky News'' journalist, previously worked as special adviser to May in her roles as secretary of state at the UK [[Home Office]] and minister for women and equality.<ref>Department of Information Services, "[http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04810.pdf Parliamentary Information List]", accessed 7 September 2010</ref>
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 She was found to be 'the source of an acidic briefing' against education minister [[Michael Gove]]. Gove had briefed ''The Times'' newspaper — as an anonymous "source" — over the alleged plot and had accused the [[Home Office]] of failing to “drain the swamp” of extremists and criticised [[Charles Farr]], Theresa May’s counter-terrorism adviser, who was reportedly in a relationship with Hill. <ref> Andrew Pierce,[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2649035/The-discreet-affair-two-Home-Secretarys-closest-advisers-REAL-reason-bitter-split-Cabinet-colleague-Michael-Gove-Islamic-plot-schools.html The discreet affair between two of the Home Secretary's closest advisers which may be the REAL reason for her bitter split with Cabinet colleague Michael Gove over Islamic plot to take over schools], ''Daily Mail'', 5 June 2014 </ref>
 ===Ignored ACOBA rules===
 After leaving the home office, Hill took up a lobbying role with [[Lexington Communications]] in 2015 without informing the [[Advisory Committee on Business Appointments]] (ACOBA), which scrutinises moves from Whitehall to the private sector for potential conflict of interests.
-Once it was revealed Hill had failed to follow proper procedure, the government changed the rules of ACOBA to exempt all special advisers and political aides from needing to apply for approval when taking up a role outside of government.
+Once it was revealed Hill had failed to follow proper procedure, the government changed ACOBA's rules to exempt all special advisers and political aides from needing to apply for approval when taking up a role outside of government.
-Tamasin Cave, of Spinwatch, said on the development:
+Tamasin Cave, of Spinwatch, said of the development:
 :'The contempt she [Hill] has shown for the rules is supportive of a culture in Westminster and Whitehall that sees trading insider knowledge as routine.’ <ref> Mario Ledwith, [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3719118/New-loophole-helps-ministers-aides-pick-cushy-jobs-Government-rule-changes-allow-dozens-special-advisers-exempt-conflict-checks.html New loophole helps ministers’ aides to pick up cushy jobs: Government rule changes allow dozens of special advisers to be exempt from conflict of interest checks], ''The Daily Mail'', 2 August 2016, accessed 9 January 2017. </ref>
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-[[Category:Special Advisers|Cunningham, Fiona]][[Category:Revolving Door|Cunningham, Fiona]][[Category:UK Revolving Door|Cunningham, Fiona]][[Category:Lobbyists|Cunningham, Fiona]][[Category:Health|Cunningham, Fiona]][[Category:Conservative Party|Cunningham, Fiona]]
+[[Category:Special Advisers|Cunningham, Fiona]][[Category:Revolving Door|Cunningham, Fiona]][[Category:UK Revolving Door|Cunningham, Fiona]][[Category:Lobbyists|Cunningham, Fiona]][[Category:Health|Cunningham, Fiona]][[Category:Conservative Party|Cunningham, Fiona]][[Category:Fracking|Cunningham, Fiona]]

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 She was found to be 'the source of an acidic briefing' against education minister [[Michael Gove]]. Gove had briefed ''The Times'' newspaper — as an anonymous "source" — over the alleged plot and had accused the [[Home Office]] of failing to “drain the swamp” of extremists and criticised [[Charles Farr]], Theresa May’s counter-terrorism adviser, who was reportedly in a relationship with Hill. <ref> Andrew Pierce,[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2649035/The-discreet-affair-two-Home-Secretarys-closest-advisers-REAL-reason-bitter-split-Cabinet-colleague-Michael-Gove-Islamic-plot-schools.html The discreet affair between two of the Home Secretary's closest advisers which may be the REAL reason for her bitter split with Cabinet colleague Michael Gove over Islamic plot to take over schools], ''Daily Mail'', 5 June 2014 </ref>
-Hill took up a lobbying role with [[Lexington Communications]] in 2015.
+===Ignored ACOBA rules===
 ==Affiliations==

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		+	[[Image:Fiona Hill with Theresa May.jpg\|250px\|right\|thumb\|PM Theresa May with SpAd Fiona Hill]]
	{{Template: Lobbying badge}}{{Template: Revolving Door badge}}'''Fiona Hill''' (formerly Cunningham) is joint chief of staff to the British prime minister [[Theresa May]]. <ref> Rowena Mason, [https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/15/may-appoints-former-advisers-as-joint-chiefs-of-staff May appoints former advisers as joint chiefs of staff], ''The Guardian'', 15 July 2016, accessed 8 December 2016. </ref>		{{Template: Lobbying badge}}{{Template: Revolving Door badge}}'''Fiona Hill''' (formerly Cunningham) is joint chief of staff to the British prime minister [[Theresa May]]. <ref> Rowena Mason, [https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/15/may-appoints-former-advisers-as-joint-chiefs-of-staff May appoints former advisers as joint chiefs of staff], ''The Guardian'', 15 July 2016, accessed 8 December 2016. </ref>

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−	{{Template: Lobbying badge}}{{Template: Revolving Door badge}}'''Fiona Hill''' (formerly Cunningham) is joint chief of staff to the British prime minister [[Theresa May]].	+	{{Template: Lobbying badge}}{{Template: Revolving Door badge}}'''Fiona Hill''' (formerly Cunningham) is joint chief of staff to the British prime minister [[Theresa May]]. <ref> Rowena Mason, [https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/15/may-appoints-former-advisers-as-joint-chiefs-of-staff May appoints former advisers as joint chiefs of staff], ''The Guardian'', 15 July 2016, accessed 8 December 2016. </ref>

	Hill, a former ''Sky News'' journalist, previously worked as special adviser to May in her roles as secretary of state at the UK [[Home Office]] and minister for women and equality.<ref>Department of Information Services, "[http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04810.pdf Parliamentary Information List]", accessed 7 September 2010</ref>		Hill, a former ''Sky News'' journalist, previously worked as special adviser to May in her roles as secretary of state at the UK [[Home Office]] and minister for women and equality.<ref>Department of Information Services, "[http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04810.pdf Parliamentary Information List]", accessed 7 September 2010</ref>

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 Hill lost her job as May's special adviser as part of the fallout over the Cabinet's 'very ugly public feud' about an alleged '[[Trojan Horse document‎|Trojan Horse]]' plot to Islamicise secular state schools in Birmingham, widely believed to be a hoax.
-She was found to be 'the source of an acidic briefing' against education minister [[Michael Gove]]. Gove had briefed ''The Times'' newspaper — as an anonymous "source" — over the alleged plot and had accused the [[Home Office]] of failing to “drain the swamp” of extremists and criticised [[Charles Farr]], Theresa May’s counter-terrorism adviser, who was reportedly in a relationship with Cunningham. <ref> Andrew Peirce,[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2649035/The-discreet-affair-two-Home-Secretarys-closest-advisers-REAL-reason-bitter-split-Cabinet-colleague-Michael-Gove-Islamic-plot-schools.html The discreet affair between two of the Home Secretary's closest advisers which may be the REAL reason for her bitter split with Cabinet colleague Michael Gove over Islamic plot to take over schools], ''Daily Mail'', 5 June 2014 </ref>
+She was found to be 'the source of an acidic briefing' against education minister [[Michael Gove]]. Gove had briefed ''The Times'' newspaper — as an anonymous "source" — over the alleged plot and had accused the [[Home Office]] of failing to “drain the swamp” of extremists and criticised [[Charles Farr]], Theresa May’s counter-terrorism adviser, who was reportedly in a relationship with Hill. <ref> Andrew Pierce,[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2649035/The-discreet-affair-two-Home-Secretarys-closest-advisers-REAL-reason-bitter-split-Cabinet-colleague-Michael-Gove-Islamic-plot-schools.html The discreet affair between two of the Home Secretary's closest advisers which may be the REAL reason for her bitter split with Cabinet colleague Michael Gove over Islamic plot to take over schools], ''Daily Mail'', 5 June 2014 </ref>
 ==Affiliations==

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 {{Template: Revolving Door badge}}'''Fiona Hill''' (formerly Cunningham) is joint chief of staff to the British prime minister [[Theresa May]].
-Hill, a former ''Sky'' journalist previously worked as special adviser to May in her roles as secretary of state at the UK [[Home Office]] and minister for women and equality.<ref>Department of Information Services, "[http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04810.pdf Parliamentary Information List]", accessed 7 September 2010</ref>
+Hill, a former ''Sky News'' journalist, previously worked as special adviser to May in her roles as secretary of state at the UK [[Home Office]] and minister for women and equality.<ref>Department of Information Services, "[http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04810.pdf Parliamentary Information List]", accessed 7 September 2010</ref>
-After being forced to resign in 2014 Hill later did a stint with lobbying firm [[Lexington Communications]] until she was reappointed by May in July 2016.
+After being forced to resign in 2014 Hill later did a stint with lobbying firm [[Lexington Communications]] until she was reappointed by Theresa May in July 2016.
 ==Controversy==
 Hill lost her job as May's special adviser as part of the fallout over the Cabinet's 'very ugly public feud' about an alleged '[[Trojan Horse document‎|Trojan Horse]]' plot to Islamicise secular state schools in Birmingham, widely believed to be a hoax.
-She was found to be 'the source of an acidic briefing' against education minister [[Michael Gove]]. Gove had briefed ''The Times'' newspaper — as an anonymous "source" — over the alleged plot and had accused the [[Home Office]] of failing to “drain the swamp” of extremists and criticised [[Charles Farr]], Theresa May’s counter-terrorism adviser, who is in a relationship with Cunningham.
+She was found to be 'the source of an acidic briefing' against education minister [[Michael Gove]]. Gove had briefed ''The Times'' newspaper — as an anonymous "source" — over the alleged plot and had accused the [[Home Office]] of failing to “drain the swamp” of extremists and criticised [[Charles Farr]], Theresa May’s counter-terrorism adviser, who was reportedly in a relationship with Cunningham. <ref> Andrew Peirce,[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2649035/The-discreet-affair-two-Home-Secretarys-closest-advisers-REAL-reason-bitter-split-Cabinet-colleague-Michael-Gove-Islamic-plot-schools.html The discreet affair between two of the Home Secretary's closest advisers which may be the REAL reason for her bitter split with Cabinet colleague Michael Gove over Islamic plot to take over schools], ''Daily Mail'', 5 June 2014 </ref>
 Cunningham took up a lobbying role with [[Lexington Communications]] in 2015.