{"id":110880,"date":"2017-12-11T12:37:20","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T12:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=110880&preview=true&preview_id=110880"},"modified":"2017-12-11T12:37:20","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T12:37:20","slug":"political-updates-11th-december-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-updates-11th-december-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Updates 11th December 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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  • Professor Andrew McNaughton\u00a0<\/strong>has been appointed\u00a0Strategic Technical Adviser\u00a0<\/strong>at\u00a0High Speed Two (HS2) Limited<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Anthony Browne<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed as Chair of the Regulatory Policy Committee <\/strong>at the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Dame Judith Macgregor\u00a0<\/strong>has been appointed\u00a0to the board of VisitBritain\u00a0<\/strong>at the\u00a0Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Michael Eakin, Catherine Mallyon, Andrew Miller, George Mpanga, Elisabeth Murdoch,<\/strong>\u00a0Paul Roberts <\/strong>and Tessa Ross\u00a0<\/strong>have been appointed as\u00a0general council members\u00a0<\/strong>at\u00a0Arts Council England. David Joseph\u00a0<\/strong>has been reappointed<\/li>\n
  • Sukhy Johal <\/strong>has been\u00a0<\/strong>appointed as Midlands Area Chair, Kate Willard <\/strong>as North Area Chair, Roni Brown <\/strong>as South East Area Chair, <\/strong>and Rosemary Squire <\/strong>reappointed as South West Area Chair\u00a0<\/strong>of\u00a0Arts Council England<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Sarah Harrison\u00a0<\/strong>is to stand down as\u00a0Chief Executive\u00a0<\/strong>of the\u00a0UK Gambling Commission.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Andrew Pearce<\/strong> has been appointed Governor of Montserrat\u00a0<\/strong>at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Christine Middlemiss<\/strong>\u00a0is to replace Nigel Gibbens<\/strong> as Chief Veterinary Officer<\/strong> in March at the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Alan Milburn<\/strong>\u00a0has resigned as Chair of the Board <\/strong>and\u00a0Baroness Shephard, Paul Gregg<\/strong> and David Johnston<\/strong>\u00a0has resigned as members of the Social Mobility Commission.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    • \u00a0Colin Clark<\/strong> and Glyn Davies<\/strong> have been appointed as members of the\u00a0Environmental Audit Committee<\/strong><\/li>\n
    • \u00a0Jo Platt<\/strong> has been\u00a0appointed as a member\u00a0of the\u00a0Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee<\/strong><\/li>\n
    • \u00a0Douglas Ross<\/strong> replaced Esther McVey<\/strong> as a member\u00a0of the\u00a0Home Affairs Committee<\/strong><\/li>\n
    • \u00a0Stephanie Peacock<\/strong> replaced Keith Vaz<\/strong> as a member\u00a0of the\u00a0International Trade Committee<\/strong><\/li>\n
    • \u00a0Carol Monaghan<\/strong> has replaced Stephanie Peacock<\/strong> as a member\u00a0of the\u00a0Science and Technology Committee<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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      • Lord Loomba (life peer)<\/strong>\u00a0was non-affiliated and now sits as crossbench.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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        This week, the European Parliament\u00a0will be holding\u00a0plenary sessions\u00a0in Strasbourg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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