US-style televised briefings should replace the secretive lobby system used by Downing Street, a report says.
Currently, a select group of political journalists - the "lobby" - get twice daily briefings by No 10 spokesmen.
But a report by Bob Phillis, Guardian Media Group chief executive, says the lobby system "is no longer working effectively" for ministers or media.
A Cabinet Office response agrees "more ministers should host lobby briefings" and that they should be televised.
Source: BBC News
One of the things I do like about the US government is the open briefings they have so you can smell the bullshit emanting from ministers' mouths when journalists ask them difficult questions they don't have a good answer for. The British media is a hell of a lot less subservient that the American SCLM which would make these briefings an extra treat.