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| + | 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. | ||
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| + | 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 | ||
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| + | 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. | ||
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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 Committe on Communication], Accessed 26-January-2009 | ||
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==Resources== | ==Resources== | ||
*[[New Labour: Donors]] | *[[New Labour: Donors]] | ||
*[[New Labour: Special Advisers]] | *[[New Labour: Special Advisers]] | ||
Revision as of 19:44, 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 <ref> Government Communication report with evidence published 26-January-2009House of Lords: Select Committe on Communication, Accessed 26-January-2009
