Downing Street Press Secretary

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communications position government office public relations role

The Downing Street Press Secretary is the senior communications official responsible for briefing the media and managing public messaging on behalf of the UK Prime Minister and government.

Aliases (5)

Downing Street Chief of Staff ×1
Downing Street Director of Communications ×1
Downing Street communications team ×1
Downing Street press briefings ×1
Number 10 Press Office ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	communications position → government office → public relations role →
appointedBy	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom →
associatedWith	Cabinet Office → Number 10 Press Office →
country	United Kingdom →
employer	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom → UK Government →
field	media relations → political communication → public relations →
hasDuty	advising the Prime Minister on media strategy → crisis communications management → ensuring consistent government messaging → media monitoring →
inception	20th century →
jurisdiction	Government of the United Kingdom →
location	10 Downing Street →
notableOfficeHolder	Allegra Stratton → Max Blain →
officeHeldBy	Allegra Stratton → Max Blain →
officeType	executive branch role →
partOf	Downing Street communications team → Prime Minister’s Office →
positionHeldIn	Westminster system →
reportsTo	Downing Street Chief of Staff → Prime Minister of the United Kingdom →
responsibleFor	briefing the media → coordinating government communications strategy → managing public messaging → off-the-record briefings → on-the-record briefings → organising press conferences → preparing press statements → representing the Prime Minister to the press → responding to media inquiries →
seat	10 Downing Street, London →
sector	public sector →
similarTo	White House Press Secretary →
typeOfPosition	political appointee →
usedLanguage	English →
workContext	British politics → Westminster press lobby →
workLocation	London →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Downing Street Press Secretary ("Number 10 Press Office") →	associatedWith
Downing Street Press Secretary ("Downing Street communications team") →	partOf
Andy Coulson ("Downing Street Director of Communications") →	positionHeld
Number 10 Communications ("Downing Street Chief of Staff") →	reportsTo
Number 10 Communications ("Downing Street press briefings") →	responsibleFor
Prime Minister's Office (United Kingdom) →	supervises