#government-communications

#government-communications

Last year, No 10 took an unprecedented step: it invited content creators to cross the threshold of Downing Street. Naturally, the creators all filmed themselves outside the famous door. Once inside, their most treasured possessions, their phones, were taken from them and exchanged for government-approved devices, so they could continue to take photos and record video without breaching security guidelines.

Keir Starmer's Whitehall communications chief will address the cabinet on overhauling the government's media strategy on Tuesday as ministers increasingly try to combat far-right rhetoric online. David Dinsmore, a former editor of the Sun who was appointed permanent secretary for government communications in November, will speak to ministers about modernising the way they reach voters. The government is concerned about the proliferation of false and inflammatory far-right content on social media and is stepping up efforts to communicate on those platforms.

It was "misconceived" for a Department of Housing official to repost a controversial video offering advice to young people moving back into the family home, the Housing Minister has conceded.

This morning, Lee's office sent a heads-up to reporters about Tuesday's 3:30 p.m. speech at City Hall. Atop the press release was an image of the seat of Oakland's government - one clearly generated by artificial intelligence. Immediately, journalists in our newsroom, who've collectively spent hundreds of hours at meetings and interviews in City Hall, noticed some key elements missing and fabricated in the image of the Beaux-Arts building.