{"id":105491,"date":"2017-07-24T08:52:27","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T08:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=105491&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=105491"},"modified":"2019-09-10T15:32:16","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T14:32:16","slug":"political-updates-24th-july-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-updates-24th-july-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Updates 24th July 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<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com\/736x\/3b\/3c\/f2\/3b3cf2ebb2512bba3588c935619f2e71--british-government-british-invasion.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for uk government logo\" width=\"89\" height=\"73\" \/>\u00a0 Government Departments<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Jane Burgess\u00a0<\/strong>has been appointed as a new <strong>Civil Service Commissioner\u00a0<\/strong>at the\u00a0<strong>Cabinet Office.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ian Burnett\u00a0<\/strong>has been appointed as the <strong>Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales\u00a0<\/strong>at the\u00a0<strong>Prime Minister&#8217;s Office.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> Peter Anderson, Kirstin Baker, Eamonn Doran, Paul Lomas<\/strong> and <strong>Anthony Neuberger\u00a0<\/strong>have been appointed as members of the <strong>Competition Appeal Tribunal\u00a0<\/strong>at the\u00a0<strong>Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hugh Ind\u00a0<\/strong>has been appointed as\u00a0<strong>Director-General of Immigration Enforcement<\/strong> at the <strong>Home Office.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Richard Douglas\u00a0<\/strong>has been appointed as\u00a0<strong>interim Chair\u00a0<\/strong>of\u00a0<strong>NHS Improvement\u00a0<\/strong>at the<strong> Department of Health.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Paul Caldwell\u00a0<\/strong>has been appointed as<strong> Chief Executive\u00a0<\/strong>of the\u00a0<strong>Rural Payments Agency\u00a0<\/strong>at the <strong>Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>David Blyth\u00a0<\/strong>has been appointed to the\u00a0<strong>board of trustees of Theatres\u00a0Trust\u00a0<\/strong>at the\u00a0<strong>Department for Culture, Media and Sport.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sue Wilkinson\u00a0<\/strong>has been appointed as a\u00a0<strong>trustee\u00a0<\/strong>of\u00a0<strong>Historic Royal Palaces\u00a0<\/strong>at the\u00a0<strong>Department for Culture, Media and Sport.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Kathryn Stone\u00a0<\/strong>is standing down as\u00a0<strong>Chief Legal Ombudsman.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>House of Commons<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> Kemi Badenoch, Bernard Jenkin, John Lamont, Pauline Latham, Jeremy Lefroy, Sheryll Murray, Mark Pawsey, Antoinette Sandbach, Alec Shelbrooke, John Stevenson, Bill Wiggin <\/strong>and<strong> William Wragg\u00a0<\/strong>have been elected as Executive Members of the <strong>1922 Committee.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Kathryn Stone\u00a0<\/strong>will\u00a0replace\u00a0<strong>Kathryn Hudson\u00a0<\/strong>as <strong>Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards<\/strong> from January.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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<div>\n<h3><strong>House of Lords<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0<strong>Lord Vaux of Harrowden<\/strong> has been elected as the new <strong>cross-bench hereditary peer.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Baroness Andrews, Lord Armstrong of Ilminster, Viscount Bridgeman, Lord Carswell, Lord Eames, Viscount Eccles, Viscount Hanworth, Baroness Mallalieu, Lord Plant of Highfield, Lord Razzall, Baroness Seccombe <\/strong>and<strong> Baroness Thomas of Winchester\u00a0<\/strong>have been appointed as members of the\u00a0<strong>Joint Committee on Consolidation.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Baroness Hamwee, Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon, Baroness O\u2019Cathain, Baroness Prosser, Lord Trimble <\/strong>and<strong> Lord Woolf\u00a0<\/strong>have been appointed as members of the\u00a0<strong>Joint Committee on Human Rights.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist, Lord Lexden, Baroness Meacher, Lord Morris of Handsworth, Lord Rowe-Beddoe, Lord Rowlands <\/strong>and<strong> Baroness Scott of Needham Market<\/strong>\u00a0have been appointed as members of the <strong>Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Baroness Finn\u00a0<\/strong>has replaced\u00a0<strong>Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts\u00a0<\/strong>as a member of the\u00a0<strong>Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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\" \/>\u00a0<strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px\">Scottish Parliament<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Scottish parliament is in recess until <strong>Tuesday 5 September.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"lightbox-added alignnone\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Welsh-Government-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-96465\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Welsh-Government-Logo.png\" alt=\"welsh-government-logo\" width=\"113\" height=\"119\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<strong>Welsh Assembly<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Welsh Assembly is in recess until <strong>Monday 18 September.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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>The European Parliament is in recess until <strong>Monday 21 August.\u00a0<\/strong><\/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, 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