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It is understood the PM is looking to recruit a broadcaster with experience who can field questions from political reporters on behalf of the government, in a bid to exploit the popular success of its daily The government is determined to hire a woman for the job amid accusations Mr Johnson has a 'woman problem', according to Broadcasters tipped for the £100,000 role include Sophy Ridge of Sky News, Amber de Botton of ITV News and Vicki Young of BBC News.Broadcasters tipped for the £100,000 role include Sophy Ridge of Sky News, Amber de Botton of ITV News and Vicki Young of BBC News. In a job advert for the role, the Tories said a 'keen understanding of political issues will be essential' and the spokeswoman would become a 'trusted political adviser' with the chance to 'influence and shape public opinion'. "His usual method of jogging around parks with the public was ruled out over security concerns, it was said, leaving him instead working out with a personal trainer in the Lambeth Palace private gardens. Find out more You need to be a subscriber to join the conversation. Before moving into broadcast, Ridge was a consumer affairs correspondent at the now defunct newspaper News of the World.Vicki Young has been BBC News' chief political correspondent since 2014, taking up the post made free by Norman Smith's appointment as assistant political editor. "In her letter, Reeve urged Gove to provide details of what the new customs clearance centre will mean for Ashford and the surrounding area, like how many lorries are expected to drive through the site and the hours it will be open.She asked what work the government has done to assess the effects the new site could have in regards to noise and air pollution, and whether ministers are considering compensating residents for a rise in pollution and traffic in their area.Reeves also asked Gove to provide details of several new customs clearence centres being built elsewhere in Kent and across the country in preparation for leaving the EU's single market and customs union at the end of the year.Business Insider has asked the UK government for comment.British businesses are bracing themselves for an array of new checks and processes on goods going to and from the EU, the UK's biggest trading partner, from January 2021.
Before that she worked at the BBC between 2012-2015 as political editor of Newsnight, replacing Michael Crick who left to become a correspondent for Channel 4.Previously she was the Guardian's political correspondent and presented the newspaper's Politics Weekly podcast with Tom Clark.Stratton has also worked as a producer for the BBC, on the foreign desk at The Times and wrote for the Independent and the New Statesman.Rosie Bate-Williams is a No10 official and former Tory spin doctor who worked as Boris Johnson's mayoral campaign volunteer in 2012.
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'We do think that people want direct engagement and want stuff from us and so we're going to have a go at that… I will pop up from time to time, I have no doubt.'