Katie Perrior is a British public relations specialist and columnist for '' The Times''. She worked as a political advisor at

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under Theresa May and previously for Boris Johnson and David Davis.

Life and career

Perrior is co-founder and Chair of Westminster-based lobbying and public relations firm iNHouse Communications. She previously served as a

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staffer and advised Theresa May when she served as Party Chairman in the early 2000s. She later worked for David Davis during his time as Shadow Home Secretary and Boris Johnson's 2008 mayoral campaign. In 2016, Perrior became Director of Communications at

under Theresa May. She undertook the role following her appointment by May, and succeeded Craig Oliver who had worked as Communications Director under

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. Perrior said that 'trouser-gate' was "avoidable" had Theresa May's aide, Fiona Hill, not forced May to wear them for her interview in Number 10 for the ''Sunday Times''. Perrior resigned from her post on 18 April 2017 following the announcement of a snap

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, saying her office was "pretty dysfunctional". A number of months later '' The Guardian'' disclosed that Perrior had been paid £15,000 less than men for same role. In August 2018, '' Total Politics'' reported Perrior criticising Boris Johnson's comments on the burka: Perior was a guest on '' The News Quiz'' on BBC Radio 4 in January and May 2019, and January 2022: she has also appeared on '' Politics Live'' and ''Good Morning Britain''. Perrior lives in Sidcup in the London Borough of Bexley, where she was a local Conservative Party Councillor in the early 2000s.

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