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Shadow Cabinet Meetings

1st

July 2013 – 31st

May 2014

Shadow cabinet meetings with proprietors, editors and

senior media executives.

Ed Miliband MP

1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014

Leader of the Opposition’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media executives

Date Name Location Purpose Nature of

relationship*

01/07/2013 Victoria

Kennedy,

Deputy Editor,

Now Magazine

London Interview Professional

05/ 07/13 Matthew Todd,

Editor, Now

Magazine

Brighton General Discussion

on a visit

Professional

09/07/13 Lloyd Embley,

Editor, Daily

Mirror

London General Discussion Professional

09/07/13 Kenny

Campbell,

Editor, The

Metro


10/07/13 Amol Rajan,

Editor, The

Independent


11/07/13 Mehdi Hasan,

Political

Director,

Huffington Post


16/07/13 Simon Fox,

Chief Executive,

Trinity Mirror,

Paul Vickers,

Secretary &

Group Legal

Director, Lloyd

Embley, Editor,

Daily Mirror


16/7/13 Lionel Barber,

Editor, FT


18/09/13 James Harding,

Editor, BBC

News and other

senior BBC news

executives


19/09/13 Mark Ferguson,

Editor,

LabourList


23/09/13 David Dinsmore,

Editor, The Sun

and Victoria

Brighton General Discussion Professional

Newton, Editor,

Sun on Sunday

23/09/13 Geordie Greig,

Editor, Mail on

Sunday

Brighton General Discussion Professional

24/09/13 Daily Mirror

reception

Brighton Attended reception

11/10/13 Martin Ivens,

Editor, Sunday

Times, Sarah

Baxter, Deputy

Editor, Sunday

Times

London Lunch Professional

31/10/13 Annual regional

lobby lunch –

attended by

media

executives from

across the

country


07/11/13 Magnus

Llewellin,

Editor, The

Herald

Edinburgh General Discussion Professional

28/11/13 Richard

Desmond,

Chairman,

Northern &

Shell and

Editors from

Northern &

Shell

Newspapers


12/12/13 Evgeny

Lebedev,

Owner, Evening

Standard Ltd,

Independent

Print Ltd and

London Live

London Christmas drinks Professional

19/12/13 Christmas drinks

reception for

political

journalists

London Christmas drinks

30/01/13 Evgeny

Lebedev,

Owner, Evening

Standard Ltd,

Independent

Print Ltd and

London Live


26/03/14 Magazine

Editors

reception

London Drinks reception

31/03/14 Launch of

London Live

London Launch reception

03/04/14 Guardian

Morning

Conference

London Attended Guardian

Morning

Conference

05/05/14 Sarah Sands,

Editor, Evening

Standard


Other interaction between Leader of the Opposition and proprietors, editors and senior media

executives

Name Medium Frequency and density Nature of

relationship*

John Witherow,

Editor, The Times

Phone call 24/09/13 Professional

Lloyd Embley,

Editor, Daily Mirror


Lionel Barber,

Editor, Financial

Times


Paul Johnson,

Deputy Editor, The

Guardian


Alan Rushbridger,

Editor, The Guardian


Jon Steafel, Deputy

Editor, Daily Mail

Phone call 24/09/13 and 28/09/13 Professional

Evgeny Lebedev,

Owner, Evening

Standard Ltd,

Independent Print

Ltd and London Live


Simon Fox, Chief

Executive, Trinity

Mirror


HARRIET HARMAN MP

1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014

Shadow Secretary of State’s meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media executives


relationship*

04.09.2013 James Purnell

BBC – Director

Strategy &

Digital


06.11.2013 Chris Blackhurst

– The

Independent –

Group Content

Editor


16.01.2013 Westminster

Correspondent’s

dinner

London Attended dinner

02.12.2013 Jonathan

Heawood – The

Guardian


06.03.2013 NewsUK –

Roundtable re

Older Women’s

Commission

London Roundtable

discussion

Professional

26.03.2014

Magazine

Editor’s

reception

London Attended drinks

reception

31.03.14 Launch of

London Live

London Launch reception

08.04.2014 James Purnell

BBC – Director

Strategy &

Digital


19.05.2014 Diana Coyle –

Acting Chair of

BBC Trust


27.05.14 Tony Hall –

Director

General of BBC

& Jonty

Claypole-

Director of Arts


Other interaction between Shadow Secretary of State and proprietors, editors and senior media

executives


relationship*

Alan Rusbridger –

Editor - The

Guardian

Telephone 03.10.2013

Professional

Lionel Barber

Editor - The

Financial Times


Professional

Peter Wright – The

Editor (Associated

Newspapers)


Professional

Paul Vickers – Trinity

Mirror – The Group

Legal Director


Professional

Chris Blackhurst –

Group Editor – The

Independent


Professional

Alan Rusbridger –

Editor The Guardian


Professional

Lord Chris Patten –

Chairman – BBC

Trust


Professional

Ed Balls MP

1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014


Date Name Location Purpose Nature of relationship*

2 July 2013 The Times CEO

summit

London Speech and Q&A

4 July 2013 Tony Hall, BBC London General discussion Professional

10 July

2013

Robert Thomson,

News Corp

London General discussion Professional

9

September

2013

John Witherow,

The Times


23

September

2013

Lloyd Embley &

Peter Willis, Daily

Mirror

Brighton General discussion Professional

23

September

2013

Tony Gallagher,

Daily Telegraph


24

September

2013

Alison Phillips,

Sunday Mirror


24

September

2013

David Dinsmore &

Victoria Newton,

The Sun


24

September

2013

Martin Ivens,

Sunday Times


25

September

2013

Geordie Greig,

Mail on Sunday


7 October Daily Mirror Pride London Awards ceremony

2013 of Britain Awards

30 October

2013

James Harding,

BBC News


11

November

2013

Robert Thomson

& Will Lewis,

News Corp

New York General discussion Professional

25

November

2013

Alan Rusbridger,

The Guardian


3

December

2013

Sky News

Christmas

reception

London Reception

16

December

2013

Christmas media

drinks reception

London Reception

16 January

2014

Westminster

correspondents

annual dinner

London Dinner

5 February

2014

Ian Katz,

Newsnight


26

February

2014

Lionel Barber,

Financial Times


27

February

2014

Lloyd Embley,

Daily Mirror


7 May

2014

Amol Rajan, The

Independent



executives

None.

Douglas Alexander MP

1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014

Meetings with proprietors, editors and senior media executives


16 July

2013

Nicolai

Gentchev,

Editor BBC

Question

Time


1

September

2013

James

Harding,

Director of

BBC News


23

September

2013

Tony

Gallagher,

Telegraph

Editor

Brighton Labour Party

conference

Professional

23

September

2013

John

Witherow,

Times Editor


conference

Professional

23

September

2013

Lisa

Markwell,

Independent

on Sunday

Editor


conference

Professional

24

September

2013

James

Harding,

Director of

BBC News


conference

Professional

24

September

2013

Martin Ivens,

Sunday

Times, Editor


conference

Professional

24

September

2013

Lloyd

Embley, Daily

Mirror


conference

Professional

24

September

2013

Peter Willis,

Daily Mirror


conference

Professional

24

September

2013

David

Dinsmore,

Sun editor


conference

Professional

10 October

2013

Ceri Thomas,

BBC News

Head of

Programmes


12

December

2013

Tony

Gallagher,

Telegraph


Editor

8 Jan 2014 Ian Katz,

Newsnight

editor


29 Jan

2014

Nicolai

Gentchev,

BBC Question

Time Editor


31 Jan

2014

Allan Rennie,

Daily Record

Editor

Glasgow General discussion Professional

21 March

2014

Mandy

Rhodes,

Holyrood

magazine

editor

Perth Conference Professional

31 March

2014

Evgeny

Lebedev

London Launch of London

Live

Professional

31 March

2014

Andrew

Mullins, Chief

Executive,

Independent

Media Group

London Launch of London

Live

Professional

2 April

2014

Nicolai

Gentchev,

BBC Question

Time Editor



executives

None.

Yvette Cooper MP

1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014



23

September

2013

John Witherow,

Editor, The Times


23

September

2013

Sarah Sands, Editor,

The Evening Standard


23

September

2013

Lionel Barber, Editor,

The Financial Times


23

September

2013

Paul Johnson, Deputy

Editor, The Observer


24

September

2013

Geordie Grieg, Editor,

Mail on Sunday


11

February

2014

Alan Rusbridger,

Editor in Chief,

Guardian Newspapers


17 March

2014

Sue Inglish,

Head of Political

Programmes, BBC


1 April

2014

Victoria Newton,

Editor, Sun on Sunday


6 May

2014

Sarah Sands, Editor,

Evening Standard



executives

None

Sadiq Khan MP

1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014



23/09/2013 Lisa Markwell, Editor,

Independent on Sunday


23/09/2013 Tony Gallagher, Editor,

Daily Telegraph

Brighton Dinner Professional

24/09/2013 Geordie Grieg, Editor,

Mail on Sunday


27/01/2014 Rithika Siddharta, Deputy

Editor, Eastern Eye


12/02/2014 Sarah Sands, Editor,

Evening Standard


18/03/2014 Oly Duff, Editor, i London General discussion Professional


executives

None.

Rosie Winterton MP

1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014



relationship*

23/09/2013 Sky News at Labour Party

Conference Reception

Brighton Conference Reception

09/10/2013 Constantin Cotzias,

Chairman Bloomberg


03/12/2013 Sky News Christmas

Reception

London Reception

04/12/2013 BBC Breakfast News London Breakfast meeting

with BBC Breakfast

and a number of MPs

13/12/2013 Chris Burton, Editor of

South Yorkshire

Newspaper

Doncaster Introductory Meeting Professional

24/04/2014 Richard Desmond –

Chairman – Northern and

Shell PLC

Doncaster Visit Professional


executives

None.

Andy Burnham MP

1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014



relationship*

23/09/13 Sarah Sands, Editor,

London Evening

Standard

Brighton General meeting Professional

24/09/13 Lionel Barber, Editor,

Financial Times


24/09/13 Lloyd Embley, Editor,

Daily Mirror


23/04/14 Steve Anderson-Dixon,

Managing Director NW,

Trinity Mirror; Eamonn

Oneal, Managing Editor,

Manchester Evening

News; Rupert Smith,

Head of

Communications, Trinity

Mirror; and Rob Irvine,

Editor, Manchester

Evening News

Manchester Dinner Professional

06/05/14 James Purnell, Director

of Strategy and Digital,

BBC

London Dinner Friend


executives


relationship*

James Harding,

Director of News

and Current Affairs,

BBC

Phone call Once during this period Professional

James Purnell,

Director of Strategy

and Digital, BBC

Phone calls and meetings Once every couple of

months.

Friend

Alastair McLellan

Editor, Health

Service Journal

Phone calls Once every few months. Professional

Tristram Hunt MP

1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014



relationship*

3/7/13 Fraser Nelson, Editor,

Spectator

London Reception Professional

16/10/13 Nick Linford, Editor and

Proprietor, FE Week


2/12/13 Amol Rajan, Editor, The

Independent


19/2/14 Lloyd Embley, Editor,

The Mirror

London Awards evening Professional

13/1/14 Paul Waugh, Editor,

Politics Home


30/4/14 Jonathan Derbyshire,

Managing Editor,

Prospect


1/5/14 James Harding, Director

of News and Current

Affairs, BBC; Ian Katz,

Editor; Newsnight; John

Thornhill, Deputy Editor,

FT


4/6/14 Martin Ivens, Editor,

The Sunday Times



executives


relationship*

Richard Bowyer,

Editor, The Sentinel

Calls and written

correspondence

Monthly Editor of local

constituency

newspaper

Chuka Umunna MP

1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014



relationship*

4 July 2013 Visited BSkyB Skills

Academy with local school

students

London Visit to BskyB

with school

children

17 July 2013 Meeting with Dan

Doctoroff, CEO Bloomberg

(with Ed Miliband)

London General

discussion

Professional

21 August

2013

Powerful Media event London Attended

reception

20

September

2013

Evening Standard reception London Attended

reception

21

September

2013

Lloyd Embley, Editor-in-

Chief, Mirror Group

Brighton General

discussion

Professional

22

September

2013

Benedict Brogan, Deputy

Editor, Daily Telegraph

Brighton General

discussion

Professional

22

September

2013

New Statesman reception Brighton Attended

reception

23

September

2013

Sky News reception at

Labour Party Conference

Brighton Attended

reception

24

September

2013

Mirror reception at Labour

Party Conference

Brighton Attended

reception

24

September

2013

Alison Phillips, Weekend

Editor, Mirror & Sunday

Mirror

Brighton General

discussion

Professional

24 Lisa Markwell, Editor, Brighton General Professional

September

2013

Independent on Sunday discussion

25

September

2013

Geordie Grieg, Editor, Mail

on Sunday

Brighton General

discussion

Professional

7 October

2013

Daily Mirror’s Pride of

Britain awards

London Attended

Pride of Britain

23 October

2013

Powerlist 2014 organised

by Powerful Media

London Attended

dinner

5 November

2013

Amol Rajan, Editor, The

Independent

London General

discussion

Professional

7 November

2013

Attended Guardian

editorial conference

London Attended

Guardian

conference

19

November

2013

Spoke at lunch event

hosted by News UK

London Attended

lunch

11 December

2013

Gavin Patterson, CEO BT London General

discussion

Professional

12 December

2013

Evgeny Lebedev’s

Christmas Party

London Attended

reception

18 December

2013

Sunday Times Christmas

party

London Attended

reception

7 January

2014

Attended lunch event

organised by Daily Mirror

London Attended

lunch

7 January

2014

Attended Credit Suisse

event

London Attended

event

16 January

2014

Westminster

Correspondents Dinner

London Attended

dinner

22 January

2014

ITV Television Awards London Attended

awards dinner

23 January

2014

James Purnell, Director

Strategy and Digital, BBC

London General

discussion

Professional

30 January Press Gallery Lunch London Spoke at lunch

2014

30 January

2014

Kanya King, Founder and

CEO of MOBO

London General

discussion

Professional

11 February

2014

Spoke at entrepreneurship

event on panel with Kanya

King, CEO of MOBO

London Spoke at event

6 March

2014

Visit and tour of Global

Radio and met with Ashley

Tabor (Executive President,

Global Radio)

London Visit and

general

discussion

12 March

2014

Tom Mockridge, CEO Virgin

Media

London General

discussion

Professional

25 March

2014

Attended Esquire Magazine

reception and dinner event

London Attended

event

Professional

31 March

2014

Attended London Live TV

launch event

London Attended

reception

19 May 2014 Cristina Nicolotti Squires,

Editor Channel 5 News

London General

discussion

Professional


executives

None.

Jim Murphy MP

1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014



relationship*

23rd

September

2013

John Witherow, Editor of

the Times

Brighton General

discussion

Professional

23rd

September

2013

David Dinsmore, Editor of

the Sun

Brighton General

discussion

Professional

24th

September

2013

Lloyd Embley, Editor of the

Daily Mirror

Brighton General

discussion

Professional

25th

September

2013

Geordie Greig, Editor of the

Mail on Sunday

Brighton General

discussion

Professional

25th

September

2013

Gerrard Greaves, Deputy

Editor, Mail on Sunday

Brighton General

discussion

Professional

12th

November

2013

Alan Rennie, Editor in chief

of Media Scotland

Glasgow General

discussion

Professional

3rd

March

2014

Alan Rennie, editor in chief

of Media Scotland

Glasgow General

discussion

Professional

29th

April

2014

Mark Hollingshead, COO of

Trinity Mirror

London Dinner Professional

30th

May

2014

Alan Rennie, Editor-in-Chief

of Media Scotland

Glasgow Dinner Professional


executives

None.

Hilary Benn MP

1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014


No Meetings.


executives

None.

Angela Eagle MP

1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014



15 May

2014

Gary Jones,

Assistant

Editor, The

Mirror



executives

None.

Maria Eagle MP

1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014


No Meetings.


executives

None.

Caroline Flint MP

1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014




28 January

2014

Ben Preston,

Editor Radio

Times

London Radio Times Cover

Party

Professional


executives

None.

Rachel Reeves MP

1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014



23rd

Sept

2013

Tony Gallagher, Editor,

Daily Telegraph

Brighton Brief discussion Professional

23rd

Sept

2013

Jason Cowley, Editor,

New Statesman

Brighton Interview Professional

24th

Sept

2013

Geordie Greig, Editor,

Mail on Sunday

Brighton Lunch Professional

24th

Sept

2013

Lisa Markwell, Editor,

Independent on

Sunday


24th

Sept

2013

Alison Phillips, Editor,

Sunday Mirror


5th

Nov

2013

Lionel Barber, Editor,

The FT


3rd

Dec

2013

Lisa Markwell, Editor,

Independent on

Sunday


19th

Dec

2013

Peter Willis, Daytime

Editor, Daily Mirror

London Campaign event Professional

29th

Jan

2014

Alison Phillips, Editor,

Sunday Mirror



executives

None.

Gloria De Piero MP

1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014



5/11/13 Rob Yates, Assistant

Editor, Observer

London Social Professional

22/11/13 Phil Bramley, Editor,

Mansfield and Ashfield

Chad

Ashfield General discussion Professional

27/11/13 Victoria Newton, Editor,

Sun on Sunday


10/12/13 Kevin Maguire,

Associate Editor, Daily

Mirror

London Catch up Professional

17/12/13 Colin Myler, Editor, New

York Daily News

London Attended event Family friend

9/1/14 Jo Checkley, Associate

Editor, Woman’s Own

and Terry Tavner, Editor

at Large, Woman’s Own

Manchester Attended event Professional

26/3/14 Magazine Editor’s

Reception



executives

None

Ivan Lewis MP

1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014


None.


executives

None.

Mary Creagh MP

1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014


No Meetings.


executives

None.

Jon Trickett MP

1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014


No Meetings.


executives

None.

Vernon Coaker MP

1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014


None.


executives

None.

Chris Leslie

1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014


No Meetings.


executives

None.

Margaret Curran MP

1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014



relationship*

2 July 2014 Tony Hall, Director

General BBC


25 July

2014

Allan Rennie,

Managing Director

and Editor in Chief of

Media Scotland


28 August

2013

Magnus Llewellin,

Editor, The Herald


7

November

2013

Magnus Llewellin,

Editor, The Herald

Edinburgh General Discussion Professional

17

December

2013

Ken MacQuarrie,

Director, BBC Scotland

and John Boothman,

Head of News, BBC

Scotland

London Breakfast Briefing Professional

18

December

2013

Rob Woodward, Chief

Executive, STV



executives

None.

Owen Smith MP

1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014



relationship*

24/02/14 Alan Edmunds

Editor Western

Mail and

MediaOnline.com

Cardiff General discussion Professional

26/11/13 Rhodri Talfan

Davies, Director,

BBC Cymru Wales


23/09/13 James Harding,

BBC



executives

None.

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon

1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014


No Meetings.


executives

None.

Lord Bassam of Brighton

1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014


No Meetings.


executives

None.

Liz Kendall MP

1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014



relationship*

23.09.2013 Tony Gallagher,

Editor, and Benedict

Brogan, Deputy

editor, Daily

Telegraph



executives

None.

Michael Dugher MP)

1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014



relationship*

02-Jul-13 Andrew Harrod,

Editor of the

Barnsley Chronicle


03-Sep-13 Will Lewis, Chief

Creative Officer for

News Corp

London Dinner with mutual

friend

Professional

24-Sep-13 Paul Johnson,

Deputy Editor of

the Guardian

Brighton Lunch Professional

24-Sep-13 Martin Ivens,

Editor of the

Sunday Times


24-Sep-13 Daily Mirror

reception at

Labour Party

conference

Brighton Attended reception Professional

24-Sep-13 Ben Brogan,

Deputy Editor,

Daily Telegraph


18-Oct-13 Andrew Harrod,

Editor of the

Barnsley Chronicle

Barnsley Judging panel for

Proud of Barnsley

Awards

Professional

02-Nov-13 Will Lewis, Chief

Creative Officer for

News Corp

Southwold Social drink Professional

15-Nov-13 Sir Nicholas

Hewitt, Proprietor

of the Barnsley

Chronicle and

Andrew Harrod,

Barnsley Proud of Barnsley

Awards

Professional

editor of the

Barnsley Chronicle

07-Dec-13 Kevin Maguire,

Associate Editor,

Daily Mirror

Barnsley Guest speaker at

Labour Party event

Professional

17-Dec-13 Colin Myler,

Editor-in-chief,

New York Daily

News

London Drinks Professional

19-Dec-13 Kevin Maguire,

Associate Editor,

Daily Mirror

Westminster Drinks reception Professional

03-Dec-13 John Ryley, Head

of News at Sky

News

London Drinks reception Professional

20-Jan-14 Laurance Durnan,

Editor of Political

Scrapbook


04-May-

14

Andrew Harrod,

editor of the

Barnsley Chronicle

Barnsley Constituency event Professional


None

Emily Thornberry MP

1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014


None


None

Lord Stewart Wood

1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014



relationship*

3/7/2013 Spectator Summer

Party


Reception

16/7/2013 Lionel Barber,

Editor of The

Financial Times


16/7/2013 Prospect Summer

Party


reception

2/9/2013 Editor of

Huffington Post UK


9/9/2013 Tony Gallagher,

Editor of The

Telegraph


19/9/2013 Evening Standard

Reception


reception

23/9/2013 John Witherow,

Editor of The Times

Brighton Drink Professional

24/9/2013 Lloyd Embley,

Editor of The

Mirror, Peter Willis,

Daytime Editor,

The Mirror


4/11/2013 Mark Ferguson,

Editor of LabourList

London Drink Professional

7/11/2013 Spectator

Parliamentary

Awards

London Attended awards

ceremony

3/12/2013 Emma Tucker,

Deputy Editor of

The Times

London Dinner Friend

13/12/2013 Ron Brownstein,

Editorial Director

Atlantic Media


6/1/2014 Emma Tucker,

Deputy Editor of

The Times

London General discussion Friend

31/3/2014 Jamie Angus,

Editor, BBC Today

Programme



executives

Jon Cruddas MP

1 July 2013 – 31 May 2014



15 May

2014

Gary Jones,

Assistant

Editor, The

Mirror



executives

None.

*The Leveson Report recommends that members of the shadow cabinet should consider publishing

“the simple fact of long term relationships with media proprietors, newspaper editors or senior

executives which might be thought to be relevant to their responsibilities”. If appropriate, please

include in this column.

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