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Getting the Message Across In the ten years since
Mrs Thatcher came to power the bill for Government advertising has doubled to E150 million a year.
The water privatisation advertising campaign has cost more than that of Nescafe Gold Blend, Persil, Guinness and Coca Cola put together.
But in its enthusiasm for getting the message across has the Government strayed from legitimate government information to putting out political propaganda?
Vivian White reports on fears among senior civil servants that there has been a fundamental shift over the last ten years in the way that Government puts its policies into practice.
Producer CHARLES FURNEAUX Editor TIM GARDAM

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Mrs Thatcher
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Vivian White
Editor:
Tim Gardam

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