{"id":113333,"date":"2018-03-12T15:51:17","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T15:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=113333&preview=true&preview_id=113333"},"modified":"2019-02-21T17:56:51","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T16:56:51","slug":"political-updates-12-march-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-updates-12-march-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Updates 12 March 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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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Rob Varley<\/strong> has stood down as Chief Executive of the Met Office. Nick Jobling<\/strong> has been appointed to the position on a temporary basis.<\/p>\n

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

David Thorburn<\/b> has resigned from the Prudential Regulation Committee.<\/p>\n

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

NneNne Iwuji-Eme<\/strong> will succeed Joanna Kuenssberg<\/strong> as British High Commissioner to the Republic of Mozambique.<\/p>\n

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

Jeanne Watson<\/strong> and Robert Burgess<\/strong> have been reappointed as members of the School Teachers’ Review Body.<\/p>\n

Alan Meyrick<\/strong> has been appointed Chief Executive of the Teaching Regulation Agency.<\/p>\n

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

Henry Dimbleby<\/strong> has been appointed as lead non-executive board member.<\/p>\n

Colin Day<\/strong>, Ben Goldsmith<\/strong>, Elizabeth Buchanan<\/strong> and Lizzie Noel<\/strong> have been appointed as non-executive board members.<\/p>\n

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

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

William Wragg<\/strong> has left and Luke Graham<\/strong> has been appointed as a member.<\/p>\n

Northern Ireland Affairs Committee<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Maria Caulfield<\/strong> has left and Robert Goodwill<\/strong> has been appointed as a member.<\/p>\n

Women and Equalities Committee<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Vicky Ford<\/strong> has been appointed as a member.<\/p>\n

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

Rehman Chishti<\/strong> has left and Luke Hall<\/strong> has been appointed as a member.<\/p>\n

Joint Committee on Consolidation, &c.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Amanda Milling<\/strong> and Mims Davies<\/strong> have left. Bim Afolami<\/strong> and Colin Clark<\/strong> have been appointed as members.<\/p>\n

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

This week, the European Parliament is holding a plenary session in Strasbourg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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