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| Coulson set to be Tory spin chief | |
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| Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson is set to become Conservative Party head of communications. | |
| Mr Coulson quit his job with the tabloid after one of his reporters was jailed for phone tapping celebrities including members of the Royal Family. | Mr Coulson quit his job with the tabloid after one of his reporters was jailed for phone tapping celebrities including members of the Royal Family. |
| He previously edited The Sun newspaper's Bizarre gossip column. | He previously edited The Sun newspaper's Bizarre gossip column. |
| The job - Head of Communications and Planning - will be a key one as leader David Cameron prepares to take on incoming Prime Minister Gordon Brown. | |
| Mr Coulson resigned on the day Clive Goodman, the News of the World's former royal editor, was sentenced. | |
| A Press Complaints Commission investigation found there was "no evidence" that Mr Coulson or anyone else at the paper was aware of Goodman's illegal activities. |