{"id":102990,"date":"2017-05-08T10:59:08","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T10:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=102990&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=102990"},"modified":"2019-09-10T15:34:51","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T14:34:51","slug":"political-updates-8th-may-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-updates-8th-may-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Updates 8th May 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<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<ul>\n<li>The deadline to submit an application to stand at the general election is the 11th May, after which a final list of parliamentary candidates will be confirmed.<\/li>\n<li>The MPs who have announced that they will not be standing at the general election are as follows:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Labour<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Graham Allen<\/strong>, MP for Nottingham North<br \/>\n<strong>David Anderson<\/strong>, MP for Blaydon<br \/>\n<strong>Tom Blenkinsop<\/strong>, MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland<br \/>\n<strong>Andy Burnham<\/strong>, MP for Leigh<br \/>\n<strong>Jim Dowd<\/strong>, MP for Lewisham West and Penge<br \/>\n<strong>Michael Dugher<\/strong>, MP for Barnsley East<br \/>\n<strong>Pat Glass<\/strong>, MP for North West Durham<br \/>\n<strong>Alan Johnson<\/strong>, MP for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle<br \/>\n<strong>Fiona Mactaggart<\/strong>, MP for Slough<br \/>\n<strong>Rob Marris<\/strong>, MP for Wolverhampton South West<br \/>\n<strong>Steve Rotherham<\/strong>, Liverpool Walton<br \/>\n<strong>Andrew Smith<\/strong>, MP for Oxford East<br \/>\n<strong>Gisela Stuart<\/strong>, MP for Birmingham, Edgbaston<br \/>\n<strong>Iain Wright<\/strong>, MP for Hartlepool<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Conservative<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Simon Burns<\/strong>, MP for Chelmsford<br \/>\n<strong>Edward Garnier<\/strong>, MP for Harborough<br \/>\n<strong>Alan Haselhurst<\/strong>, MP for Saffron Walden<br \/>\n<strong>Gerald Howarth<\/strong>, MP for Aldershot<br \/>\n<strong>Peter Lilley<\/strong>, MP for Hitchen and Harpenden<br \/>\n<strong>Karen Lumley<\/strong>, MP for Redditch<br \/>\n<strong>David Mackintosh<\/strong>, MP for Northampton South<br \/>\n<strong>George Osborne<\/strong>, MP for Tatton<br \/>\n<strong>Eric Pickles<\/strong>, MP for Brentwood and Ongar<br \/>\n<strong>Andrew Tyrie<\/strong>, MP for Chichester<br \/>\n<strong>Angela Watkinson<\/strong>, MP for Hornchurch and Upminster<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Liberal Democrat<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>John Pugh<\/strong>, MP for Southport<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Independent<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Douglas Carswell<\/strong>, MP for Clacton<br \/>\n<strong>Natalie McGarry<\/strong>, MP for Glasgow East<br \/>\n<strong>Michelle Thomson<\/strong>, MP for Edinburgh West<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Sinn\u00a0F\u00e9in<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Pat Doherty<\/strong>, MP for West Tyrone<\/p>\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<div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Lord May of Oxford, <\/strong>Crossbencher and Life Peer, and former Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government, retired on the 2nd May.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Devolved Institutions<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-96464 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Scottish-Parliament-Logo.jpg\" alt=\"scottish-parliament-logo\" width=\"145\" height=\"118\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rachael Hamilton, Conservative Regional MSP for South Scotland<\/strong>, has resigned in order to stand in a Holyrood by-election. She hopes to win the constituency seat of <strong>Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire<\/strong> which has been vacated by fellow Conservative\u00a0<strong>John Lamont<\/strong>. The by-election will take place on 8th June.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Northern-Ireland-Assembly-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-96463\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Northern-Ireland-Assembly-Logo.png\" alt=\"northern-ireland-assembly-logo\" width=\"107\" height=\"96\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Northern Ireland Assembly<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Northern Ireland<\/strong> has until the 29th June to reach an agreement that will restore a power-sharing devolved executive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<div>\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<h3><strong>European Parliament<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><i>This week, the European Parliament will be holding Committee meetings in Brussels.<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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":423,"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\/102990"}],"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\/423"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102990"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124338,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102990\/revisions\/124338"}],"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=102990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}