The Russell Group has picked Professor Libby Hackett, an Australia based public policy specialist, as its next chief executive, handing the UK’s most influential research university lobby to a leader with deep experience in government facing policy work and sector politics.
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FGS Global has acquired Washington, DC-based government affairs firm Rich Feuer Anderson.
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Former director of corporate communications at Three UK, Juliet Callaghan, has rejoined FTI Consulting’s UK Strategic Communications segment.
Industry leaders say that 'trust hangs by a thread' and the time has come take action.
Bombshell evidence reveals Burnham’s soon-to-be Chief of Staff ran a lobbying firm that hosted a multitude of undisclosed meetings with Labour officials.
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.
Tristan Breijer is the new London head of Checkmate Government Relations. The move into London gives the US lobby firm its first European base, bringing its global power-broking
Lord Peter Mandelson has found himself in the headlines again, as the 'Mandelson Files' reveal the true extent of his involvement in the Labour Party.
