{"id":117440,"date":"2018-09-03T17:19:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T16:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=117440&preview=true&preview_id=117440"},"modified":"2018-09-03T17:19:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-03T16:19:00","slug":"political-updates-3-september-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-updates-3-september-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Updates 3 September 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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Julia Goodfellow<\/strong> has been appointed Chair of the Advisory Board at the Department of Health and Social Care.<\/p>\n

Tim Hollingsworth<\/strong> has been appointed Chief Executive of Sport England. He will replace Jennie Price in November.<\/p>\n

John Whittingdale<\/strong> has been appointed as a trustee of the Royal Albert Hall Council.<\/p>\n

Brian Johnson<\/strong> has been appointed Chief Executive of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. He will replace Alan Massey on 31 October.<\/p>\n

Roger McKinlay<\/strong> has been appointed Challenge Director for Quantum Technologies at UK Research and Innovation. Sam Stacey<\/strong> has been appointed Challenge Director for Transforming Construction.<\/p>\n

Tamsyn Barton<\/strong> has been chosen to succeed Alison Evans as Commissioner at the Independent Commission for Aid Impact.<\/p>\n

Kirstin Baker<\/strong> has been appointed as as a non-executive director and panel member, and Robin Cohen<\/strong> has been appointed as a panel member of the Competition and Markets Authority.<\/p>\n

HS2 Ltd has announced that Paul Griffiths<\/strong>, the Managing Director for Phase Two of the project, is to leave the company.<\/p>\n

Alexander Jackman<\/strong>, previously senior public affairs manager at EE and Lucy Noakes<\/strong>, previously at Finsbury PR, have been appointed as special advisers to Secretary of State for Digital, Media, Culture and Sport Jeremy Wright.<\/p>\n

\"ImageHouse of Commons<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Frank Field<\/strong> resigned the Labour Whip on 30 August. He now sits as an Independent.<\/p>\n

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House of Lords<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Bishop of Derby<\/strong> retired on 31 August.<\/p>\n

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

Theodore Joloza<\/strong> and Julie May<\/strong> have been reappointed as members of the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales.<\/p>\n

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

This week, the European Parliament is holding committee sessions in Brussels.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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