{"id":117002,"date":"2018-08-13T17:03:47","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T16:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=117002&preview=true&preview_id=117002"},"modified":"2019-02-21T18:25:11","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T17:25:11","slug":"political-updates-13-august-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-updates-13-august-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Updates 13 August 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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Steph Lis<\/strong> has been appointed special adviser to Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union Dominic Raab.\u00a0<\/strong>She was previously Director of Communications at the Institute of Economic Affairs (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Thomas Harding<\/strong> has been appointed special adviser to Secretary of State for Defence Gavin Williamson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has appointed Lakh Jemmet<\/strong> as Non-Executive Director to the HMCTS Board (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Hayley Campbell-Gibbons<\/strong> will become a member of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board on 1st November. George Lyon<\/strong> and Paul Temple<\/strong> have also been reappointed to the Board (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Andrew Haines<\/strong> will take over as Chief Executive of Network Rail on 14 August (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Scottish Government<\/h3>\n

Minister for Community Safety Ash Denham<\/strong>\u00a0has announced the appointment of Elizabeth Burnley CBE<\/strong> as a Lay Member of the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland. Her role will run from 9 August 2018 to 8 August 2022 (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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

The European Parliament is currently in summer recess.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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