Mace Magazine

Andy Burnham’s social media strategy faces questions over traditional media

By Mace Magazine / 26th August 2026

The former Downing Street communications chief believes “there are hard truths coming” for Burnham.

Industry Watch: John Gill, Deputy Director of External Affairs, Reform UK – “There’s no limit to where a man can go if he doesn’t mind who gets the credit”

By Mace Magazine / 20th August 2026

John Gill’s promotion at Reform UK, just before the party launches its inaugural Business Day at its September NEC conference, is indicative of how the party is ramping up its “business engagement” with Great Britain PLC.

The Mace Questionnaire: Marshall Manson, CEO, FleishmanHillard UK – “Politics is seeping into business through every crack” 

By Mace Magazine / 12th August 2026

The innovative digital comms veteran Marshall Manson, now CEO of FleishmanHillard UK, reveals how he misses The West Wing, was introduced to Westminster by Gyles Brandeth’s political diaries and loves a serious lunch.

Why Burnham’s energy VAT cut will make a difference

By Mace Magazine / 25th July 2026

Cameron Brown, a former special advisor to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, explains why Burnham’s VAT cut on energy bills is a measure people will actually notice.

The continuing political Whydunnit of the murder of Ann Widdecombe

By Mace Magazine / 23rd July 2026

The strangely guilty way that the media, and some politicians have reacted to Widdecombe’s shocking death shows the double standards that can operate when a politician of the right, or left, is murdered in a targeted attack. 

The King of the North Takes Downing Street: Burnham’s Great Purge

By Mace Magazine / 21st July 2026

The ruthlessness of Andy Burnham’s purge has taken the country back to Macmillan’s Night of the Long Knives. Media reaction has been predictably partisan, with the choice of John Healey as Chancellor catching all off-guard.

UK’s £4.7 billion Defence black hole: Dan Jarvis is inheriting a defence settlement Britain can no longer afford

By Mace Magazine / 1st July 2026

Britain cannot afford to fall behind its NATO allies on defence spending, writes Jasset Harlech.

Flint lobbyist James Purnell set to become Burnham’s chief of staff, causing unease in some Labour ranks

By Mace Magazine / 26th June 2026

Flint Global CEO James Purnell’s expected appointment as Andy Burnham’s chief of staff is just the latest Westminster merry-go-round job move from Public Affairs back into Downing Street.