£140,000 salary for Downing St communications director

The salary of Downing Street director of communications Andy Coulson is £140,000, it was revealed today.

The figure was released by Prime Minister David Cameron in a list of the salaries of all the special advisers in Government and their pay bands.

It shows that three of Mr Cameron's senior aides earn six-figure salaries, including Mr Coulson, Edward Llewellyn and Kate Fall.