{"id":111965,"date":"2018-01-30T09:39:33","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T09:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=111965&preview=true&preview_id=111965"},"modified":"2018-01-30T10:15:36","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T10:15:36","slug":"political-updates-29-january-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-updates-29-january-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Updates 29 January 2018"},"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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Home Office<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Sara Khan<\/strong> has been appointed as the new lead Commissioner for Countering Extremism at the Home Office.<\/p>\n

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

Professor Mark Thomson<\/strong> has been chosen as the Executive Chair of the Science and Technology Facilities Council. He will assume this position in April when Research and Innovation UK is launched.<\/p>\n

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

David Meller<\/strong>,\u00a0co-chair of the Presidents Club\u00a0has resigned from his position as non-executive member of the Department for Education’s board\u00a0following the Presidents Club charity dinner scandal.<\/p>\n

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

Robert Goodwill<\/strong> and Philip Dunne<\/strong> have been appointed as members of the Environmental Audit Committee.<\/p>\n

Damian Moore<\/strong> will replace Adam Holloway as a member of the Science and Technology Committee.<\/p>\n

David Evennett<\/strong> has been appointed as a member of the Procedure Committee.<\/p>\n

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

Lord McAvoy<\/strong> has been elected as Chief Whip.<\/p>\n

Lord Mendelsohn<\/strong> has resigned from his position as Opposition Spokesperson for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.<\/p>\n

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Welsh Government<\/h3>\n

Peter Halligan<\/strong> has been appointed Chief Scientific Adviser for Wales.<\/p>\n

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Northern Ireland Executive<\/h3>\n

Andrew McCormick<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed Director General of International Relations.<\/p>\n

Noel Lavery<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed Permanent Secretary of the Department for the Economy replacing Andrew McCormick.<\/p>\n

Denis McMahon<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed Permanent Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs replacing\u00a0Noel Lavery.<\/p>\n

Sue Gray<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed Permanent Secretary of the Department of Finance.<\/p>\n

Hugh Widdis<\/strong>\u00a0has been\u00a0appointed Departmental Solicitor and Head of the Government Legal Service.<\/p>\n

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

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

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