Nick Clegg puts finishing touches to his communications team
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has completed building his nine-strong comms, following the appointment of Helen Cook as Home Office senior press officer.
PR Week reports that Cook will join the Home Office and report to Clegg’s head of comms James Sorene.
Sorene is quoted as saying: “The appointment is the end of a process that started last year with the restructure of Cabinet Office and Number 10 comms. I started as head of comms for the Deputy PM in January and we have reallocated resources within Cabinet Office comms.”
Cook was formerly a parliamentary assistant to Alan Milburn within the press office at the Department of Health and Downing Street.