{"id":105602,"date":"2017-07-31T10:33:12","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T10:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=105602&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=105602"},"modified":"2019-09-10T15:32:14","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T14:32:14","slug":"political-updates-31st-july-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-updates-31st-july-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Updates 31st 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<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Cabinet Office<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Simon Hart MP<\/strong> has been appointed <strong>Conservative Party member of the Committee on Standards in Public Life<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Home Office<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>John Mitting<\/strong> has been appointed\u00a0<strong>Chair of the Undercover Policing Inquiry<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>HM Treasury<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>David Ramsden<\/strong> has been appointed <strong>Deputy Governor of Markets and Banking<\/strong>. He will\u00a0replace Charlotte Hogg from the 4th September.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Foreign and Commonwealth Office<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Jon Wilks<\/strong> has been appointed <strong>Her Majesty&#8217;s Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq<\/strong>. He will replace Frank Baker in November.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Nicholas Kay<\/strong> has been appointed <strong>Her Majesty\u2019s Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Jessica Hand<\/strong> has been appointed <strong>Her Majesty\u2019s Ambassador to the Republic of Angola<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Department of Health<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Steve Oldfield<\/strong> will become the first <strong>Chief Commercial Officer<\/strong> in October.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Perdita Trust<\/strong> has been reappointed as a <strong>trustee of the National Heritage Memorial Fund and Heritage Lottery Fund<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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<p>The House of Commons in recess until <strong>Tuesday 5th September<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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<div>The House of Lords is in recess until <strong>Tuesday 5th September<\/strong>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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 5th September.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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 18th September.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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>The European Parliament is in recess until <strong>Monday 21st August.<\/strong><\/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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