Born 1957. Journalist and author and former press secretary to Tony Blair as Leader of the Opposition (1994-97) and as Prime minister (1997-2000). From 2000-2003, he was director of communications for the Labour Party (2000-03). Before 1994, he had been political editor of Today newspaper and the Daily Mirror. Campbell gave detailed testimony on the political media and what he saw as the decline of genuine investigative journalism and the increasing tendency of owners, editors and senior journalists to wish to be political players. Embellishment and pure invention were tolerated and encouraged by some editors and owners, he said.
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Organisation established in response to high-profile cases against paediatricians at the General Medical Council, brought by those who sought to discredit professionals involved in child-abuse work and research generally. The organisation offered evidence of false accusations and expressed concern to the Inquiry about the impact on children of such cases.
