Cabinet of the United Kingdom Minister to attend Cabinet meetings on a regular basis, notably Alastair Campbell in his capacity as Director of Communications and Strategy between 1997 and 2003, and Jonathan Powell, the Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister, under Tony Blair, with a distinctly separate role from the Cabinet Secretary/Head of the Civil Service. A photograph is taken of each new Cabinet in the garden or drawing room at 10 Downing Street. The Cabinet meets on a regular basis, usually weekly on a Thursday morning notionally to discuss the most important issues of government policy, and to make decisions. Despite the custom
Director of communications members of the House of Lords, the prime minister, Cabinet ministers, and government departments. The post of director of communications to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is Robbie Gibb; the director of communications to the Prime Minister of Canada is Jason MacDonald. In Australia, the director of communications is a senior adviser to the Prime Minister. They manage the Prime Minister's communications office including Press Secretaries and Speechwriting staff. The current director for the Turnbull Government is Mitch Fifield. In Nigeria the director of communications or special adviser on communications is a senior aide to the president, vice