As a blogger, how much thought have you given to Brexit? Even if you don’t make money from blogging, this is an issue you should probably start thinking about, especially as we get ever closer ...

Engaging with MPs is a vital part of any public affairs strategy, but it’s also one of the biggest challenges that public affairs professionals will face. Identifying who to approach is one thing, but getting ...

Philip Hammond’s first (and last) Spring Budget pulled few punches, with the main surprises coming in the form of tax increases for the self-employed and a notable absence of Brexit. The online press, social media ...

Donald Trump might loath the New York Times, often pouring scorn on the news brand by accusing them of peddling “fake news” or describing their apparently precarious business model as “failing” but are his assaults ...

The Electoral Commission has been urged to investigate Leave.EU, the Brexit campaign group set up by Nigel Farage and funded by Aaron Banks, after it failed to declare the role of a firm of ‘’psychographic’’ ...

Julian Assange’s Twitter account has sprung to life after lying dormant since 2012. While the only account he follows is WikiLeaks (which he is rumoured to run), his following has grown by tens of thousands ...

Political Communications experts have hailed the appointment of The Daily Mail’s political editor James Slack as Theresa May’s official spokesperson as “a super smart move”. According to PR Week, a Westminster source said: “He’s come ...

A new report from anti-fascist organisation Hope not Hate has identified UK blogging and social media platforms as an emerging platform for the alt-right, while traditional networks, such as the English Defence League, are fragmenting. ...

The Daily Mail has been banned by Wikipedia editors as a source unless in exceptional circumstances. The news group has been branded ‘generally unreliable’ in an unprecedented move which is highly unusual for the online ...

Sajid Javid has promised that today’s white paper will ”set out serious, lasting, long-term reforms that will boost housing supply immediately and for many years to come”. Strong words from the Secretary of State, but ...

The Culture Media and Sport Committee this week announced the launch of an inquiry into fake news. Following concerns that misleading reports played a role in determining the recent election result in the US, the ...

Yesterday Theresa May landed in America for what is Donald Trump’s first meeting with a foreign leader. They are two very different leaders with very different upbringings, and very different styles of engaging with the ...

From fake news to alternative facts – the truth has always been somewhat of a moveable goalpost. Regardless of whether it has been sensationalised and twisted by a journalist or deflected and spun-out by a PR professional, ...

The Supreme Court today voted by 8-3 that the Government cannot trigger Article 50 without an act of Parliament, meaning that MPs will be allowed a vote on the process of leaving the European Union: ...

Arron Banks, the multi-millionaire businessman, who donated more than £7 million to Nigel Farage’s Leave.EU campaign ahead of the Brexit referendum and who recently faced criticism after his name appeared in the Panama Papers linking him ...

Last Friday Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States. Although he promised to bring people together, his presidency has already created divisions and sparked protests across the world. We ...

While Barack Obama was the first American politician to turn to social media in his race for the Whitehouse, you could argue that Donald Trump was the first to use the medium (especially Twitter) to ...

Seumas Milne, who was previously an associate editor and columnist at the Guardian, has announced he will permanently leave his position there to continue in his role as director of communications for Jeremy Corbyn. There ...

It’s not often that the work of a humble TV reviewer from a Sunday broadsheet hits the headlines and goes viral – but we are living in strange times. Damien Love, a TV reviewer for ...

Speaking earlier today Theresa May announced that the UK “cannot possibly” remain within the European single market, as staying in it would mean “not leaving the EU at all”. During Theresa May’s much-anticipated speech, the ...