{"id":100294,"date":"2017-02-20T10:25:09","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T10:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=100294&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=100294"},"modified":"2019-09-10T15:38:10","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T14:38:10","slug":"political-updates-20th-february-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-updates-20th-february-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Updates 20th February 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Political-Updates-Logo-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-99277 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Political-Updates-Logo-3.png\" alt=\"Political-Updates-Logo-3\" width=\"760\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Political-Updates-Logo-3.png 760w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Political-Updates-Logo-3-300x113.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Political-Updates-Logo-3-705x264.png 705w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Political-Updates-Logo-3-450x169.png 450w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Political-Updates-Logo-3-500x188.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">This week&#8217;s\u00a0Political Updates, covers moves and changes at all levels of government.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div   class='hr hr-full hr-no-shadow   avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<h3><strong>UK Government<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>New ministerial responsibilities have been set out for the<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>for the <strong>Life Sciences<\/strong> sector, the new ministers are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lord O&#8217;Shaughnessy<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Nicola Blackwood<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lord Prior of Brampton<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Greg Hands<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/new-ministers-for-life-sciences\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">here<\/span><\/a> for full details.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-96460 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/House-of-Commons-Logo.png\" alt=\"house-of-commons-logo\" width=\"86\" height=\"106\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>House of Commons<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>MPs return from recess this week.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Stoke Central by-election<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The by-election will take place this <strong>Thursday, 23rd February<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The final list of candidates is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mohammed Yaqub Akram (Independent)<\/li>\n<li>Zulfiqar Ali (Lib Dem)<\/li>\n<li>Jack Bereton (Conservative)<\/li>\n<li>The Incredible Flying Brick (Official Monster Raving Loony Party)<\/li>\n<li>Adam Colclough (Green)<\/li>\n<li>Godfrey Davies (Christian People&#8217;s Alliance)<\/li>\n<li>Barbara Fielding (Independent)<\/li>\n<li>David Furness (British National Party Local People First)<\/li>\n<li>Paul Nuttall (UKIP)<\/li>\n<li>Gareth Snell (Labour)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Copeland by-election<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The by-election will take place this <strong>Thursday, 23rd February.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The final list of candidates\u00a0is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Michael Guest (Independent)<\/li>\n<li>Rebecca Hanson (Lib Dem)<\/li>\n<li>Trudy Harrison (Conservative)<\/li>\n<li>Roy Invinson (Independent)<\/li>\n<li>Jack Lenox (Green)<\/li>\n<li>Fiona Mills (UKIP)<\/li>\n<li>Gillian Troughton (Labour)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-96461 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/House-of-Lords-Logo.jpg\" alt=\"house-of-lords-logo\" width=\"107\" height=\"105\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>House of Lords<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Peers return from recess this week.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>New and Reformed All Party Parliamentary Groups and Chairs<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">15th February register<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alternative Investment Management &#8211; Chris Evans (Lab)<\/li>\n<li>Assistive Technology &#8211; Seema Malhotra (Lab)<\/li>\n<li>Belarus &#8211; John Whittingdale (Con)<\/li>\n<li>Caribbean &#8211; Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)<\/li>\n<li>Cayman Islands &#8211; Graham Brady (Con)<\/li>\n<li>Community Development in Europe &#8211; Ian Liddell-Grainger (Con)<\/li>\n<li>Croatia &#8211; Ian Liddell-Grainger (Con)<\/li>\n<li>Dairy &#8211; Simon Hoare (Con)<\/li>\n<li>Deafness &#8211; Jim Fitzpatrick (Lab)<\/li>\n<li>Freight Transport &#8211; Robert Flello (Lab)<\/li>\n<li>General Aviation &#8211; Byron Davies (Con)<\/li>\n<li>International Trade and Investment &#8211; (Con)<\/li>\n<li>Korea &#8211; James Berry (Con)<\/li>\n<li>Leasehold and Commonhold Reform &#8211;\u00a0Peter Bottomley (Con)<\/li>\n<li>Legal and Constitutional Affairs &#8211; Nick Thomas-Symonds (Lab)<\/li>\n<li>Libraries &#8211; Gill Furniss (Lab)<\/li>\n<li>Oral Hormone Pregnancy Tests &#8211; Yasmin Qureshi (Lab)<\/li>\n<li>Pub &#8211; Toby Perkins (Lab)<\/li>\n<li>Small Shops &#8211; Simon Danczuk (Independent)<\/li>\n<li>Uzbekistan &#8211; Andrew Bridgen (Con)<\/li>\n<li>Vegetarianism and Veganism &#8211; Christina Rees (Lab)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Scottish-Parliament-Logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-96464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Scottish-Parliament-Logo.jpg\" alt=\"scottish-parliament-logo\" width=\"123\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Scottish Parliament<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>MSPs return from recess this week.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Welsh-Government-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-96465\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Welsh-Government-Logo.png\" alt=\"welsh-government-logo\" width=\"95\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">National Assembly for Wales<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Assembly Members are on recess this week.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<strong>Local Government<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Sallie Bacon<\/strong> has been appointed the Director of Public Health for <strong>Hampshire County Council<\/strong>, she has up till recently held the role in an interim capacity.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Jane Moore\u00a0<\/strong>has been appointed Director of Public Health for the <strong>West Midlands Combined Authority<\/strong> for a six month period.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-96459 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/European-Parliament-Logo.png\" alt=\"european-parliament-logo\" width=\"198\" height=\"111\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>European Parliament<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>This week the Members of the European Parliament will be based in <strong>Brussels<\/strong>\u00a0.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Party News<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>Scottish Labour Party\u00a0<\/strong>are holding their Spring Conference this week, <strong>24 &#8211; 26th February<\/strong> in Perth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s Political Updates covers moves and changes at all levels of government: local, devolved, national and, supranational.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":406,"featured_media":99279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7341],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100294"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/406"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100294"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137842,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100294\/revisions\/137842"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}