{"id":112392,"date":"2018-02-12T16:18:17","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T16:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=112392&preview=true&preview_id=112392"},"modified":"2019-02-21T17:56:03","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T16:56:03","slug":"political-updates-12-february-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-updates-12-february-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Updates 12 February 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

Monojit Chatterji<\/b> has been appointed as a member of the Police Remuneration Review Body and as a member of the National Crime Agency Remuneration Review Body.<\/p>\n

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

Tony Harper\u00a0<\/strong>has been appointed as Director of the Faraday Battery Challenge, starting in April.<\/p>\n

HM Treasury<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Donald Kohn<\/strong> and Martin Taylor<\/strong> have been reappointed to the Financial Policy Committee.<\/p>\n

Department for International Trade<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Antony Phillipson<\/strong> has been appointed as HM Trade Commissioner for North America, Crispin Simon for South Asia and Richard Burn for China.<\/p>\n

Adam Harris<\/strong> has been appointed as Head of Civil, Infrastructure and Energy at UK Export Finance; Andy Blacksell<\/strong> has been appointed as Head of Underwriting Policy and Products; Richard Simon-Lewis<\/strong> has been appointed as Head of Origination, Client Coverage, Marketing and Communications.<\/p>\n

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

Frank Baker<\/strong> has been appointed as Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Libya.<\/p>\n

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

Julie Lennard<\/strong> will take\u00a0on the position of interim Chief Executive of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency on 19th March.<\/p>\n

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

David Cannadine<\/strong> and Jane Kennedy<\/strong> have been appointed as trustees of Historic Royal Palaces.<\/p>\n

Eve Saloman<\/strong> has been appointed as Chair of the Horniman Museum Board.<\/p>\n

Tim Eyles<\/strong> has been reappointed as Chair of the Theatres Trust Board.<\/p>\n

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

Susan Elan Jones<\/strong> has been appointed as a member of the Welsh Affairs Committee, replacing Thelma Walker<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Marie Rimmer<\/strong> has been appointed as a member of the Justice Committee, replacing Laura Pidcock<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Robert Jendrick<\/strong> has been appointed as a member of the Public Accounts Committee, replacing Andrew Jones<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Grahame Morris<\/strong> has been appointed as a member of the Transport Committee, replacing Laura Smith<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

John Woodcock<\/strong> has been appointed as a member of the Home Affairs Committee, replacing Preet Kaur Gill<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Matt Western<\/strong> has been appointed as a member of the Communities and Local Government Committee, replacing Fiona Onasanya<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Bill Wiggin<\/strong>, James Duddridge<\/strong>, Martin Whitfield<\/strong>, Sandy Martin<\/strong> and Sheryll Murray<\/strong> have been appointed as members of the High Speed Rail (West Midlands – Crewe) Bill Committee.<\/p>\n

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

Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony<\/strong>, previously non-affiliated, is now crossbench.<\/p>\n

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Scottish Government<\/h3>\n

Phil Gormley<\/strong> has resigned from his position as Chief Constable at Police Scotland.<\/p>\n

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National Assembly for Wales<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Jack Sargeant<\/strong> (Labour) has been elected as the new Assembly Member\u00a0for Alyn and Deeside, following the death of his father Carl Sargeant<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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

This week,\u00a0MEPs from EU Committees will be on delegation missions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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