News Release
21 February 2008
HAZEL BLEARS TO SPEAK AT NEWSPAPER CONFERENCE LUNCH
Hazel Blears will be
the guest speaker at a Newspaper Conference quarterly lunch on 13
March.
The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
will be quizzed by regional press political journalists based in
Westminster.
Conference lunches are held throughout the year, usually in
the House of Commons, to give members a chance to quiz prominent
members of government directly.
At the conference annual general meeting last month, Mark
Hookham, Yorkshire Evening Post political editor, was
appointed chairman for the coming year.
Administered by the NS, the conference is made up of
London-based regional press political editors and lobby
correspondents.
The NS, the voice of Britain’s local
media, represents 1300 newspapers, 1100 websites, 750 magazines, 36
radio stations and two TV stations.