after he was hired by the Conservatives
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/aug/23/andy-coulson-news-international-tories<snip>
David Cameron is facing fresh questions about his decision to hire Andy Coulson in 2007 after it was reported that his former communications director received several hundred thousand pounds from his former employer News International after he was hired by the Conservative party.
The BBC's Robert Peston said that Coulson received cash payments from the company until the end of 2007 after his resignation as editor of the News of the World in January of that year.
The title's owner News International allegedly agreed to honour the remainder of Coulson's two-year contract, and the money was paid in instalments. Coulson also continued to receive other benefits, including private health insurance and a company car, for several years.
He took up his post as director of communications at the Conservative party in July 2007
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Fugg you Cameron!!