Cabinet Office Press Office
The Press Office represents Cabinet Office Ministers and the policies and priorities of the Cabinet Office at the centre of government to the print, broadcast and electronic media. It is not responsible for handling general enquiries from the public.
Breakdown of responsibilities
Responsibility for effective communication and advice on the policies and priorities of the Cabinet Office, liaison with No. 10
Deputy Director – John Bretherton – 020 7276 0174
Management of the Press Office
Chief Press Officer – Kasia Reardon – 020 7276 1196
Responsibility for Ed Miliband, Minister for the Cabinet Office
Press Secretary – Campbell Mcdonald – 0207 276 0311
Responsibility for Gillian Merron, Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office and Minister for Social Exclusion and the East Midlands
Press Secretary – Charlotte Carr – 0207 276 0432
Responsibility for Phil Hope, Minister for the Third Sector, issues including charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprise
Press Secretary – Emma Heywood – 020 7276 3472
Civil Service, Cabinet Secretary, Government Communications, Ceremonial Secretariat (Honours), propriety and ethics
Senior Press Officer – Abigail Pope – 020 7276 0261
Security, intelligence and resilience, civil contingencies and press support to the Head of Security, Intelligence and Resilience
Senior Press Officer – Andrea Newman – 020 7276 1191
Responsibility for Baroness Ashton, Leader of the House of Lords
Press Officer – Stephen Coomber – 0207 276 0317
Transformational Government
Press Officer – Alex Marklew – 0207 276 0436
Responsibility for the Leader of the House of Commons, Harriet Harman and the Deputy Leader, Helen Goodman
Press Secretary – Des McCartan – 020 7276 0594 / 1146
Responsibilities include all press enquiries for:
- The Leader of the House and Office
- Business Statement
- Leader's Questions
- Modernisation of the Commons
- Cross-government issues
- Legislative programme
- Leaders responsibilities for House of Lords Reform
- Party funding
Strategic and proactive media relations
Head of Strategic Media Campaigns (ministers) – Nadine Smith – 020 7276 1203
Forward planning and specialist media work
Head of Planning, Visits and Stakeholders – John O'Sullivan 020 7276 2546
Strategic Planning Manager – Justine Csaky/Katherine Fisher – 020 7276 1273
Planning Officer – Nicole Valentinuzzi – 020 7276 0393/0432
Press Office administration support
Media Officer – Caroline Allnutt – 020 7276 0400
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