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Labour Party Conference 2022: A look ahead
September 23, 2022
Labour goes into this year’s Conference (25th-28th September 2022, Liverpool) riding a wave of optimism. For the first time in over a decade, the party is posting double-digit polling leads, and the party faithful are scenting a first election victory since 2005. No pressure, then. The end of Boris Johnson’s highly consequential premiership represents both opportunity and challenge for Keir Starmer. On one hand, the Shadow Cabinet will be secretly breathing a sigh of relief...
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FleishmanHillard UK Analysis: The New Cabinet
September 7, 2022
As we look at Liz Truss’s new Cabinet, her vision is evident. Important figures who have been loyal to her both during the leadership campaign and her wider time in politics now occupy key positions. There are also some familiar faces who ran in the leadership race themselves, such as Nadhim Zahawi and Penny Mordaunt – who both rowed in behind #LizForLeader once the writing was on the walls. Truss has favoured loyalty over unity...
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Loyal to a fault – what will the PM value most when appointing their new Cabinet?
August 24, 2022
The Boris Johnson premiership will soon come to an end. In just under two weeks’ time, he and his Cabinet will pass on the torch to new leading lights to shape the direction of government. Who holds those roles is of central importance to the future of the party, and the country at large. To understand who will be in Cabinet, we must understand that this race is between two candidates with very different approaches...
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FleishmanHillard UK wins at the IPRA Golden World Awards
July 28, 2022
FleishmanHillard UK has won gold in the Public Affairs - Agency category of the International Public Relations Association (IPRA) Golden World Awards! Our campaign alongside Fleet Street Communications for UKHospitality to save the hospitality sector during the pandemic has been recognised as a world-class PR programme of excellence. Congratulations to the whole team involved in this outstanding campaign. A list of this year's winners is available on the IPRA website. Contact us...
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What does authentic communication feel like in practice?
July 27, 2022
What does it take to bring an authentic voice to one of the UK economy’s most important sectors and how does it affect one of the leading voices in the national debate? Kate Nicholls OBE, CEO of UKHospitality talks about her experience as one of the most vocal communicators for the hospitality sector at the height of the pandemic. In conversation with Liam McCloy, Partner & EMEA Lead for Food, Agribusiness and Beverage at FleishmanHillard...
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Forget taxes, the Tories need to tell us their plans on international trade
July 14, 2022
Tim Harding, Associate Director, International Affairs As the Conservative leadership election heats up, candidates are vying for pole position on who can lower taxes the most. But amidst a steep drop in UK exports, continued uncertainty over the trade relationship with the EU, and global supply chain difficulties, we need to hear much more from the candidates to be the next Prime Minister about their approach to international trade. That is what will shape the...
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What the by-election defeats mean for Boris Johnson
July 1, 2022
Last Thursday, the Prime Minister suffered a historic defeat in two parliamentary by-elections as the Liberal Democrats overturned a Conservative majority of over 24,000 – the biggest ever mid-term swing – and Labour regained the former ‘red wall’ seat of Wakefield. Are the Tories on track to lose the next election? One traditional school of thought on by-elections is that governments droop mid-term and then bounce back. Boris Johnson and his party will therefore be...
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The Queen’s speech 2022: Elizabeth rests, Boris re-sets
May 10, 2022
Speculation over this year’s Queen’s Speech focused on three things: Who would deliver it? What would be in it? And would the Prime Minister survive long enough to reach it? With Her Majesty notably absent from public engagements in recent weeks, it was Prince Charles who took centre stage for the first time. He unveiled 38 bills in the Government’s new legislative agenda, and the event delivered something of a re-set moment for an embattled...
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Former Prime Minister’s office head of campaigns Charley Green joins FleishmanHillard UK
April 27, 2022
After four years of growth for the UK Public Affairs practice, FleishmanHillard UK has hired former Cabinet Office head of campaigns, Charley Green, as an associate director. This appointment will help support the next phase of development of our integrated approach to the discipline. Charley will become part of FleishmanHillard UK’s Public Affairs leadership team and will work across the business and with Omnicom sister agencies to support the delivery of public sector campaign briefs...
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FleishmanHillard UK shortlisted in 2022 EMEA Purpose Awards!
April 26, 2022
We’re delighted announce that FleishmanHillard UK has been shortlisted in the 2022 EMEA Purpose Awards for our work with the to launch WeThe15, Sport's largest human rights movement to advance the lives of 1.2bn people with disabilities. WeThe15 has been named a finalist in two categories: Collaboration - Best Equality and Inclusion Cause Campaign. Charity/NGO - Best Equality and Inclusion Cause Campaign. Winners are announced on June 10th. Contact us...