Phil Kelly (born 1946) is an

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journalist. Born in

Wigan Wigan ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Douglas, Lancashire, River Douglas. The town is midway between the two cities of Manchester, to the south-east, and Liverpool, to the south-west. Bolton lies to the nor ...

and educated at St Mary's College Crosby and Leeds University, Kelly worked on ''

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'' and the ''Leveller'' in the 1970s and joined ''

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'' in the mid-1980s, working as a reporter and then news editor before becoming editor (1987–1991). Kelly subsequently worked as an aide to the

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MP,

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. He was a Labour

Islington Islington () is a district in the north of Greater London, England, and part of the London Borough of Islington. It is a mainly residential district of Inner London, extending from Islington's High Street to Highbury Fields, encompassing the ar ...

councillor in 1984-86 and 1990–98, latterly as the council's deputy leader. He was re-elected to the Council in 2006. He then became a partner at public affairs consultants Butler Kelly Ltd.The Team

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