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Rishi Sunak and Government asvertising campaign

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ronib Thu 15-Jun-23 07:37:57

Reduce the national debt and grow the economy were the other two on the management speak list.

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ronib Thu 15-Jun-23 07:34:18

Well I had hoped that Rishi Sunak might have more common sense if indeed he is the person pushing for this. Why would we want to be reminded that the 5 priorities are sinking without hope?Inflation is not going to be halved anytime soon, the dinghies have not stopped and most importantly the Nhs waiting lists look as if they’re increasing rather than declining. Can’t see why we need a glossy advertising campaign to remind us how hopeless life has become.

Maybe someone in communications needs to up their game?

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Dinahmo Wed 14-Jun-23 22:33:19

The following is from 38 Degrees:

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants to spend millions of pounds of taxpayers' money on a Government advertising campaign to promote the Conservative Party’s “five priorities”. [1] Civil servants are pushing back that the campaign is “too political”. [2]

Under the rules, campaigns from Government Communication Service paid for by the taxpayer must not be misrepresented as being party political. [3] There is pushback from those within Whitehall because Rishi Sunak’s plans clearly don’t fit within the guidelines. He wants to bolt on messaging about his election priorities to public information campaigns.

A huge petition right now will show Rishi Sunak that we agree with civil servants that taxpayer money should not be spent on adverts to promote him or his party. It could be enough to get him to back down and listen to our concerns.

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