{"id":117863,"date":"2018-09-24T19:11:22","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T18:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=117863&preview=true&preview_id=117863"},"modified":"2018-10-09T11:34:45","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T10:34:45","slug":"political-updates-24-september-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-updates-24-september-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Updates 24 September 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week’s\u00a0Political Updates covers moves and changes at all levels of government.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Image\u00a0 Government departments<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Dr Hannah Fry, Sarah Staniforth<\/strong>,\u00a0Steven Underwood<\/strong>,\u00a0Iain McIntosh<\/strong>,\u00a0Judith Donovan<\/strong>,\u00a0Professor Ajit Lalvani, Sir Peter Hendy<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Jo Foster<\/strong>\u00a0and have been appointed to the Science Museum Group Board. The appointments are for terms of four years commencing 8 August 2018 for Sarah, Steven and Iain, 1 February 2019 for Judith and Ajit, and 1 July 2019 for Sir Peter, Jo and Hannah (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Caroline Corby<\/strong>\u00a0has been appointed as Chair of the Parole Board at the Ministry of Justice. Caroline has served as interim Chair since April and will formally take up post from 1 November 2018 for a tenure of 3 years (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Five members have recently been appointed for four-year terms (ending June 2022) on the following National Park Authorities and Broads Authority (more info<\/a>):<\/p>\n

Broads Authority:\u00a0Simon Roberts<\/strong>
\nNorth York Moors:\u00a0Patrick James<\/strong>
\nPeak District:\u00a0Ken Smith<\/strong>
\nSouth Downs:\u00a0Graham Morrison<\/strong>
\nYorkshire Dales:\u00a0Julie Hutton<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Fulton MacGregor\u00a0<\/strong>replaced\u00a0Ben Macpherson\u00a0<\/strong>as a member of the\u00a0Justice Sub-Committee on Policing.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"Welsh-Government-Logo\"\u00a0Welsh Government<\/span><\/h2>\n

Dyfed Edwards\u00a0<\/strong>has been announced as the first deputy chair of the board of the\u00a0Welsh Revenue Authority<\/strong>\u00a0(more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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

This week the European Parliament is in Brussels for committee and group meetings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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