{"id":110112,"date":"2017-11-20T11:37:01","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T11:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=110112&preview=true&preview_id=110112"},"modified":"2017-11-22T12:15:33","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T12:15:33","slug":"political-updates-20th-november-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-updates-20th-november-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Updates 20th November 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week’s\u00a0Political Updates, covers moves and changes at all levels of government.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Cabinet Office<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

John Parker appointed as Lead Non-Executive Director.<\/p>\n

Government Property Unit \u2013 Mike Parsons appointed as Director-General.<\/p>\n

Home Office<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Millie Banerjee appointed as Chair of the College of Policing<\/p>\n

Gillian Tully reappointed as Forensic Science Regulator at the Forensic Science Regulator<\/p>\n

Department of Health<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Stephen Powis has been appointed as Medical Director NHS England, replacing Bruce Keogh in 2018<\/p>\n

Department for Education<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ken Clark has been reappointed as a member of the School Teachers’ Review Body<\/p>\n

Gerry Berragan will become Chief Executive of the Institute for Apprenticeships on 27th<\/sup>\u00a0November<\/p>\n

Alan Wood has been\u00a0appointed as Chair of the Residential Care Leadership Board<\/p>\n

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ruth McKernan\u00a0has announced that she will stand down as Chief Executive\u00a0of\u00a0Innovate UK in Spring 2018<\/p>\n

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ian Bateman and Colin Galbraith have been reappointed as independent members of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee<\/p>\n

Foreign and Commonwealth Office<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Joanne Lomas has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of Rwanda and non-resident Ambassador to the Republic of Burundi, succeeding William Gelling<\/p>\n

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Roland Rudd\u00a0has been appointed as a trustee at the Tate<\/p>\n

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House of Commons<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Intelligence and Security Committee<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Richard Benyon, Ian Blackford, Caroline Flint, Dominic Grieve, David Hanson, Kevan Jones and Keith Simpson have been appointed as members.<\/p>\n

Selection Committee<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Esther McVey and Mark Spencer have replaced Christopher Pincher and Julian Smith as members.<\/p>\n

Public Accounts Commission<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Richard Bacon, Jack Brereton, Nicholas Brown, Martyn Day, Clive Efford, Julian Knight and Edward Leigh have been appointed as members.<\/p>\n

James Cartlidge and Ian Murray have left the Commission.<\/p>\n

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House of Lords<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  • Lord Geidt<\/strong> has been introduced into the House of Lords.<\/li>\n
  • Lord Hogan Howe<\/strong> has been introduced into the House of Lords.<\/li>\n
  • Sarah Clarke<\/strong> has been appointed as the new Black Rod<\/strong>. She will formerly take on her duties as Lady Usher of the Black Rod at the start of new year, taking over from David Leakey<\/strong> who will leave the position at the end of the year.<\/li>\n
  • Lord Imbert<\/strong> (crossbench, life peer) passed away on 13th November.<\/li>\n
  • Lord Mitchell<\/strong> has moved from non-affiliated to crossbench.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    European Parliament<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    This week, the European Parliament will be holding Committee meetings in Brussels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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