{"id":117095,"date":"2018-08-20T13:55:58","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T12:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=117095&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=117095"},"modified":"2018-08-20T13:55:58","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T12:55:58","slug":"political-updates-20-august-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-updates-20-august-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Updates 20 August 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">This week&#8217;s\u00a0Political Updates covers moves and changes at all levels of government.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com\/736x\/3b\/3c\/f2\/3b3cf2ebb2512bba3588c935619f2e71--british-government-british-invasion.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for uk government logo\" width=\"89\" height=\"73\" \/>\u00a0 Government departments<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Mike Dailly <\/strong>and <strong>Ann Harris <\/strong>have been appointed as non-executive directors to the<strong> Board of the Single Financial Guidance Body\u00a0<\/strong>at the Department for Work and Pensions (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/two-non-executive-directors-appointed-to-the-single-financial-guidance-body?utm_source=f04ec7e9-0bb6-4627-9215-47b48256e5e2&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&amp;utm_content=immediate\">more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alison Baptiste\u00a0<\/strong>has been appointed as the new\u00a0Director of Operations of the\u00a0<strong>Infrastructure and Projects Authority\u00a0<\/strong>at the\u00a0<strong>Cabinet Office<\/strong>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/ipa-appoints-new-director-of-operations?utm_source=d8a5a08b-67b0-4885-8397-294a419d34ae&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&amp;utm_content=immediate\">more inf0<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joel Bamford<\/strong> and <strong>Colin Raftery\u00a0<\/strong>have been appointed as Directors of Mergers at the\u00a0<strong>Competition and Markets Authority<\/strong>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/senior-directors-of-mergers-appointed?utm_source=83759664-14b7-41ee-b2d5-02fdc63b19de&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&amp;utm_content=immediate\">more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Clive Scrivener\u00a0<\/strong>has been appointed as a non-executive chairman of the\u00a0<strong>Vehicle Certification Agency\u00a0<\/strong>at the <strong>Department for Transport<\/strong>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/first-permanent-non-executive-chairman-appointed-at-the-vehicle-certification-agency-vca?utm_source=401c2966-f89b-410c-85f4-d9dca0b1996e&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&amp;utm_content=immediate\">more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-96459 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/European-Parliament-Logo.png\" alt=\"european-parliament-logo\" width=\"198\" height=\"111\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>European Parliament<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This week, MEPs will have the opportunity to undertake activities away from Parliament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s Political Updates covers moves and changes at all levels of government: local, devolved, national and, 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