LONDON, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister David Cameron faces new criticism over his hiring former News of the World editor Andy Coulson as his party's communication director.
The fresh criticism comes amid a revelation Coulson was still being paid by the newspaper group for at least five months while serving as the Conservative Party's director of communications at a reported salary of $450,000 a year, The Daily Telegraph reported Tuesday. News International provided private healthcare benefits for Coulson for three years and allowed him to keep his company car after he left the company, the BBC reported.