When he was Labor leader, the energy secretary Ed Miliband Tory Prime Minister David Cameron joined for hiring a vanity photographer on government costs.
Miliband kicked so much fuss that No 10 announced that the photographer would not be paid from the public wallet. The conservative party paid the salary and costs instead.
Now that Mr. Miliband, the architect of the government's dashboard for Net Zero by 2029, which is estimated, the taxpayer will cost £ 37 billion, for his own personal photographer. The public pays the £ 50,000-plus pro-rata salary package.
The decision to hire a photographer is a sign that Miliband is determined to have better control over his image. In 2014 he made the disastrous mistake to allow photographers to conquer him his breakfast at the flower market in New Covent Garden.
The photo was designed to try to banish the 'geeky' image of Mr. Miliband. But the unreasonable photos of Miliband trying to eat a bacon sandwich went viral.
When Miliband's advisers saw what happened, they took the sandwich away from him. But it was too late. The damage has been done. Far from Miliband to show as a sober man of the people, he seemed awkward, error -sensitive and unable to perform simple tasks.
Having an internal photographer in the energy department, however, will enable him to remove the photos he does not like.
The tradition of high ministers who have an official photographer is relatively new. Last year the post was unveiled Angela Rayner The first Deputy Prime Minister to have her own photographer, with a salary of almost £ 68,000. Rayner was accused of hypocrisy because she had been critical of Boris Johnson when he had a photographer in Downing Street.
Energie -Secretary Ed Miliband advertises for his own personal photographer. The public pays the £ 50,000-plus pro-rata salary package
Miliband hiding places under an umbrella. The decision to hire a photographer is a sign that Miliband is determined to have better control over his image
Miliband at the Labor Party conference of 2024. The Ministry of Energy Security is insisting that the photographer will work for all ministers and not just Miliband
In 2014, Miliband made the disastrous mistake to allow photographers to conquer him his breakfast at the flower market in New Covent Garden
When Tony Blair sought a prime minister in 1997, the move was blocked by his cabinet secretary Sir Richard Wilson on the basis of the site that it was an inappropriate use of public money.
Shortly after he became prime minister in 2010, David Cameron revealed that he had received approval for an official photographer. Ed Miliband With the Prime Minister's questions asked the questions if it was a wise judgment when [the Prime Minister] Everyone tells to sharpen their belts'.
Knowed by the hostile public response, at a time when the government started a cutback program, Mr Cameron announced that the photographer came from the public wallet because it broadcast 'the wrong signal'.
The advertisement for a photographer from the Miliband department comes just like Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor, ministers recommends preparing for cutbacks on government spending in the run -up to the office for the judgment of budget responsibility on public finances on March 26.
The Ministry of Energy Security insists that the photographer will work for all ministers and not just milibe. “It is a flexi role and part-time, so they will not be paid for the fully advertised rate,” said a spokeswoman.
Richard Holden, the Shadow Paymaster General, said: “It was not long since Red Ed David Cameron attacked for having an official photographer.”
Another senior tory source added: “It's a classic case of doing as I say, not like me.”
