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Feb 2nd, 2011, 5:36pm
 
This is the text of an announcement from Number 10 Downing Street:

The Prime Minister has appointed Craig Oliver, currently Controller of BBC Global News, as the Director of Communications at 10 Downing Street.

The Prime Minister said:
“I am very pleased that Craig Oliver is to become the new Director of Communications at 10 Downing Street. Craig has formidable experience as a broadcast journalist. He will do an excellent job in explaining and communicating the Government’s programme.”

Craig Oliver said:
“I’m delighted to be joining David Cameron and his team at such an exciting and challenging time.
“It’s difficult to leave the BBC after a fascinating few years – but this is an opportunity I can’t turn down.”


Notes for Editors:

Craig Oliver is 41 and has been the Controller, BBC Global News since June 2010. Before that he was Editor of BBC News at Ten and BBC News at Six , Britain’s two most-watched news programmes, increasing ratings and winning numerous awards. From 2002-2006 he was the Head of Output at ITV News, responsible for overseeing ITV’s Lunchtime News, Evening News and News at Ten. Prior to that he was Output Editor at Channel Four News and at ITV News. Craig Oliver was the BBC’s General Election Editor in 2010, responsible for planning campaign coverage and running the Election Results programme (up to and including the handover of power). He was also Editor of ITV’s 2005 General Election programme.Craig Oliver studied at St Andrews University, having gone to a Scottish comprehensive school. He is married to BBC News presenter Joanna Gosling, and they have three young daughters.

Craig Oliver will be employed as a special adviser.
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Reply #1 - Feb 2nd, 2011, 5:43pm
 
BBC's Craig Oliver replacing Andy Coulson at No 10


The prime minister has chosen a senior executive at BBC News to replace Andy Coulson as Director of Government Communications.

Craig Oliver, Controller of English at BBC Global News, and a former editor of the BBC News at Six and Ten will take up the post shortly.

His job will be to lead efforts to sell David Cameron, the Coalition and the Conservative Party to the country.

Mr Oliver, 41, was approached late last week by Andy Coulson.

Mr Coulson resigned from the post last month after pressure over the News of the World phone hacking scandal.

The BBC's political editor Nick Robinson said Mr Oliver had no previous political involvement but had been approached by Mr Coulson and had met the prime minister over the weekend.

Mr Cameron said he was "very pleased" at the appointment: "Craig has formidable experience as a broadcast journalist. He will do an excellent job in explaining and communicating the government's programme."

Mr Oliver said: "I'm delighted and privileged to be joining David Cameron and his team at such an exciting and challenging time.

"My background is broadcasting, but I know that newspapers play a crucial role and I look forward to talking with them.

"It's difficult to leave the BBC after working here for five fascinating years - but this is an opportunity I can't turn down."

In an email to BBC staff, he said he was sad to be leaving the corporation. He added: "I was approached about the role over the weekend, the first time I had been considered for it, and came to the conclusion that it will be an exciting and challenging opportunity."

BBC director of global news, Peter Horrocks praised Mr Oliver but added: "Given the crucial editorial independence of the BBC, Craig and I have agreed that he should end his duties at the BBC immediately."

Mr Coulson, who quit as Downing Street's director of communications in January, was editor of the News of the World in 2007 when its royal editor Clive Goodman was jailed for conspiracy to access phone messages.

Mr Coulson resigned but has denied any knowledge of Goodman's activities. A Press Complaints Commission investigation in May 2007 found no evidence that Mr Coulson or anyone else at the paper had been aware of Goodman's activities.

That month he became Mr Cameron's director of communications.

But in recent months his position as Mr Cameron's communications chief came under pressure amid renewed newspaper investigations into the scale of phone hacking at the Sunday tabloid.


From:-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12348159


For Nick Robinson's view:-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/nickrobinson/2011/02/holding.html
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