Separate question - marks have been raised about the efficiency of David Cameron's communications team, after former policy guru Steve Hilton revealed No 10 frequently found out about policy initiatives from other government departments via press reports. (politics.co.uk)
David Cameron's policy guru Steve Hilton is reported as having submitted a paper proposing a # 25 billion reduction in spending on benefits before leaving for an academic sabbatical in the US. (politics.co.uk)
Speakers included William Sloane Coffin, former head of SANE; Bryan Hehir, former policy guru at the U.S. Catholic Conference; Daniel Ellsberg, former celebrity leaker of the «Pentagon Papers»; and Alan Geyer, former editor of Christian Century. (firstthings.com)