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| − | + | '''Thea Rogers''' was hired as one of the Chancellor [[George Osborne]]'s special advisers in 2012. The move followed the departure of his long-serving aide [[Poppy Mitchell-Rose]]. <ref>[http://www.prweek.com/article/1160853/week-lobbying The week in Lobbying], ''PR Week'', 14 November 2012, accessed 19 September 2014. </ref> | |
| − | == | + | Osborne hired Rogers, a former producer for BBC political editor [[Nick Robinson]], to 'manage' and 'improve his image'. <ref> Matt Chorley [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2739628/Truth-Osborne-s-trendy-haircut-Chancellor-left-dark-scale-cutbacks-aides-took-salon.html Truth about Osborne's trendy haircut: Chancellor left in the dark about scale of cutbacks when aides took him to the salon] ''Daily Mail'', 1 September 2014, accessed 16 October 2014 </ref> She is credited – how justly cannot be said – 'with changing the Chancellor’s voice, hair and smile'. <ref> Andrew Gimson [http://www.conservativehome.com/highlights/2014/06/profile-of-team-osborne-who-sometimes-enrage-other-conservatives.html Team Osborne – feared, admired, and sometimes enraging for other Conservatives] ''Conservative Home'', 12 June 2014, accessed 16 October 2014 </ref> <ref> George Parker, [http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/d1d65690-c2ae-11e4-a59c-00144feab7de.html#axzz3TWU2nR2A The reinvention of George Osborne], FT Magazine, 6 March 2015, accessed 9 March 2015 </ref> |
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| + | For her role as special adviser to Mr Osborne, Rogers is paid an annual salary of £69,250. <ref> [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/388825/spad_data_november_2014.csv/preview Special advisers in post, 30 November 2014] ''GOV.UK'', accessed 29 April 2015 </ref> | ||
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| + | ==Background== | ||
| + | Rogers gained her expertise as a former [[BBC]] political producer. <ref>Larry Elliott and Michael White [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/apr/21/george-osborne-political-gamble-paying-off George Osborne's gamble: is it paying off?], ''The Guardian'', 21.04.2014, accessed 19 September 2014. </ref> | ||
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| + | ==External resources== | ||
| + | *George Parker, [http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/d1d65690-c2ae-11e4-a59c-00144feab7de.html#axzz3TWU2nR2A The reinvention of George Osborne], FT Magazine, 6 March 2015 | ||
==Notes and References== | ==Notes and References== | ||
Latest revision as of 11:54, 29 April 2015
Thea Rogers was hired as one of the Chancellor George Osborne's special advisers in 2012. The move followed the departure of his long-serving aide Poppy Mitchell-Rose. [1]
Osborne hired Rogers, a former producer for BBC political editor Nick Robinson, to 'manage' and 'improve his image'. [2] She is credited – how justly cannot be said – 'with changing the Chancellor’s voice, hair and smile'. [3] [4]
For her role as special adviser to Mr Osborne, Rogers is paid an annual salary of £69,250. [5]
Background
Rogers gained her expertise as a former BBC political producer. [6]
External resources
- George Parker, The reinvention of George Osborne, FT Magazine, 6 March 2015
Notes and References
- ↑ The week in Lobbying, PR Week, 14 November 2012, accessed 19 September 2014.
- ↑ Matt Chorley Truth about Osborne's trendy haircut: Chancellor left in the dark about scale of cutbacks when aides took him to the salon Daily Mail, 1 September 2014, accessed 16 October 2014
- ↑ Andrew Gimson Team Osborne – feared, admired, and sometimes enraging for other Conservatives Conservative Home, 12 June 2014, accessed 16 October 2014
- ↑ George Parker, The reinvention of George Osborne, FT Magazine, 6 March 2015, accessed 9 March 2015
- ↑ Special advisers in post, 30 November 2014 GOV.UK, accessed 29 April 2015
- ↑ Larry Elliott and Michael White George Osborne's gamble: is it paying off?, The Guardian, 21.04.2014, accessed 19 September 2014.
