Lobby access row and the case for televising daily Number Ten briefings
Yesterday’s rare outbreak of solidarity among Lobby journalists was as laudable as Number 10’s PR strategy appears to be petulant.…
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Cabinet Office urged to investigate Number 10’s selective briefing of political journalists after Lobby walkout
Labour leadership hopeful Sir Keir Starmer has called on the Cabinet Office to investigate Number 10’s decision to brief political…
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Lobby journalists in walkout over ‘selective’ Government briefings barring some titles
Political journalists have staged a walkout after Downing Street attempted to brief a select group of journalists this afternoon and…
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Lobby allows live reporting from Government briefing after Guido Fawkes tweets
Guido Fawkes editor Paul Staines has said the Lobby’s control over Government press briefings is “finished” after a U-turn on…
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Guido Fawkes takes on Lobby ‘cartel’ with live tweets in defiance of ‘quaint rules’ on briefings
Guido Fawkes is facing off against the Lobby, the cohort of political journalists based in Westminster, by reporting live from…
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Every national editor signs letter to Boris Johnson urging Lobby changes rethink
The editor of every national UK news title has signed a letter to Boris Johnson urging him to rethink changes…
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Number 10 refusing to meet political journalists to discuss briefing concerns, says Lobby chairman
Number 10 is refusing to meet with political journalists to discuss changes to Government briefings that have been met with…
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Lobby journalists raise ‘significant concerns’ over changes to daily Government briefings
The group of political journalists reporting from Westminster, known as the Lobby, has raised concerns over Government changes to how…
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