Cabinet Office Press Office
Breakdown of responsibilities
Director of Communications – Jenny Grey - 0207 276 0079
Deputy Director of Communication - John Bretherton - 0207 276 0174
Management of the Press Office
Head of News – Allison Potter-Drake
Civil Service Press Desk
Responsibility for work of Cabinet Secretary, including civil service legislation, pay, pensions and industrial relations, propriety and ethics, Government communications, and Honours.
Chief Press Officer – Fiona McElroy – 0207 276 2533
Press Officer – Vacant
Responsibility for Ed Miliband, Minister for the Cabinet Office
Press Secretary and Chief Press Officer – Campbell McDonald – 0207 276 0311
Responsibility for Tom Watson, Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office
Senior Press Officer – Alex Marklew – 0207 276 0436
Transformational Government
Senior Press Officer – Alex Marklew – 0207 276 0436
Press Officer – Shivanee Chady – 0207 276 1203
Responsibility for Phil Hope, Minister for the Third Sector and Social Exclusion
Chief Press Officer – Vacant
Senior Press Officer (Third Sector) – Stephen Coomber – 0207 276 0317
Press Officer (Third Sector) – Robert Honey (secondment) – 0207 276 0432
Press Officer (Third Sector) – Vacant
Press Officer (Social Exclusion) – Vacant
Media support for Phil Hope as Minister for the East Midlands
Senior Press Officer – Alex Marklew – 0207 276 0436
Strategy Unit
Press Officer – Vacant
Security, intelligence and resilience, civil contingencies and press support to the Head of Security, Intelligence and Resilience
Director of Communications for Counter Terrorism – John Toker – 0207 276 0424
Team Head – Carol McCall – 0207 276 5104
Press Officer – Shivanee Chady – 0207 276 1203
Responsibility for Baroness Ashton, Leader of the House of Lords
Chief Press Officer – Fiona McElroy– 0207 276 2533
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
Forward planning and specialist media work
Head of Planning, Visits and Stakeholders – John O'Sullivan 020 7276 2546
Planning Officer – Jonathan Prior – 020 7276 0400
Press Office administration support
Media Officer – Akua Asante – 020 7276 0393
