Bush, Bill

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Name: Bill Bush
BBC Position: Head of Analysis and Research (1990 - ?)

"The man who served as Ken Livingstone's right-hand man during his glory days as leader of the Greater London Council has landed a new job in Downing Street - advising Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Bill Bush, head of BBC Analysis and Research and former chief of staff to Labour left-winger and London mayoral hopeful Mr Livingstone, is to take up his new post in the near future.

His new position is head of research in 10 Downing Street. He cleared his desk at the BBC when his appointment was announced on Monday, though his exact starting date was still being negotiated.

Mr Bush worked for the GLC between 1975 and 1986, latterly as Mr Livingstone's closest aide. He joined the BBC in 1990 as head of political research." BBC

"Bill Bush, the head of the BBC's political research department, left to join the research unit at Number 10. This was a man who had access to the most sensitive information the BBC has on MPs, their parties and the government. His value to the Labour party can hardly be over-estimated. Then came Catherine Rimmer, a former Bush colleague, who has also travelled the short distance from the BBC's Millbank offices, which coordinates all political coverage, to Downing Street." Guardian