{"id":117237,"date":"2018-08-28T13:17:28","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T12:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=117237&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=117237"},"modified":"2018-08-28T13:20:03","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T12:20:03","slug":"political-updates-28-august-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-updates-28-august-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Updates 28 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\u00a0<\/strong>have been appointed as non-executive directors to the <strong>Board of the Single Financial Guidance Body\u00a0<\/strong>at the\u00a0<strong>Department for Work and Pensions<\/strong>\u00a0(<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>Richard Judge\u00a0<\/strong>has stepped down as Chief Executive of the\u00a0<strong>Health and Safety Executive <\/strong>at the\u00a0<strong>Department for Work and Pensions<\/strong>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/press.hse.gov.uk\/2018\/richard-judge-steps-down-as-hse-chief-executive\/\">more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Clive Scrivener<\/strong> has been appointed as the first permanent non-executive chair of the <strong>Vehicle Certification Agency\u00a0<\/strong>at the <strong>Department for Transport\u00a0<\/strong>(<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><strong>Declan Collier\u00a0<\/strong>has been named\u00a0as the preferred candidate for Chair of the <strong>Office of Rail and Road\u00a0<\/strong>at the\u00a0<strong>Department for Transport <\/strong>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/orr-chair-announced-declan-collier?utm_source=14d46652-367f-4b17-8052-e80a60d67ce1&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&amp;utm_content=immediate\">more info<\/a>)<strong>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Joel Bamford<\/strong> and <strong>Colin Raftery<\/strong> have been appointed as Senior Directors of Mergers at the\u00a0<strong>Competition and Markets Authority\u00a0<\/strong>(<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><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/commonslibrary.parliament.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Logo.png?ssl=1\" alt=\"Image result for house of commons logo\" width=\"116\" height=\"116\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>House of Commons<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The House of Commons returns from recess Tuesday 4th September.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativehome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Screen-shot-2013-12-18-at-08.23.29.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"122\" \/>House of Lords<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The House of Lords returns from recess on Tuesday 4th September.<\/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, the European Parliament will hold Committee meetings in Brussels.<\/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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