Council spin doctor.Newcastle Council has appointed a highly-paid spin doctor to promote the city's image at home and abroad. Peter Holt will be the council's new director of communications Director of Communications is a position in the private and public sectors. The Director of Communications is responsible for managing and directing an organization's internal and external communications. and marketing on a salary of up to pounds 75,000 a year and in charge of about 30 staff. The size of the salary has been criticised by opposition Labour councillors, who pulled out of the selection process. But the council's Liberal Democrat Liberal Democrat Noun a member or supporter of the Liberal Democrats, a British centrist political party that advocates proportional representation Liberal Democrat n (BRIT) → leaders say the aim is to promote the city, improve communications and make the current operation more efficient. Mr Holt, a former Parliamentary researcher for Labour MP Kate Hoey and currently director of communications at the Northern Ireland Policing Board The Northern Ireland Policing Board is the Police Authority for Northern Ireland, charged with supervising the activities of the Police Service of Northern Ireland. It is composed of members of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and independent members of the community, who are , is expected to take up his new post in January. |
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