{"id":118516,"date":"2018-10-15T14:46:07","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T13:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=118516&preview=true&preview_id=118516"},"modified":"2018-10-15T14:50:30","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T13:50:30","slug":"political-updates-15-october-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-updates-15-october-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Updates 15 October 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

Professor Carole Mundell <\/strong>has been announced as the new Chief Scientific Adviser<\/strong> at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Dr Alastair McPhail CMG OBE<\/strong> has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia <\/strong>at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Hugh Elliott <\/strong>has been appointed Her Majesty\u2019s Ambassador to Spain and Non-Resident Ambassador to Andorra <\/strong>at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Jeremy Pilmore-Bedford <\/strong>has been appointed as the new British Deputy High Commissioner in Chennai <\/strong>at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Neil Grant, Paul Kirkman <\/strong>and Jonathan Sands <\/strong>have been appointed as Trustees of the Royal Armouries <\/strong>at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Paul Cleal, Dame Sally Coates, Flick Drummond, Ian Livingston, John Maltby, Tristram Mayhew, Lord Iain McNicol, Ndidi Okezie <\/strong>and Ashley Summerfield <\/strong>have been appointed as Board Members of the National Citizen Service Trust<\/strong> at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Lisa Hunter <\/strong>has been appointed Director of Communications <\/strong>at the Department for Work and Pensions (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Sue McAllister <\/strong>has been appointed as the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman <\/strong>at the Ministry of Justice (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Twenty-three new Parole Board members<\/strong> have been appointed (12 psychiatrist and 13 judicial) at the Ministry of Justice (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Steve Rowan <\/strong>has been appointed EPO vice president of the European Patent Office Directorate-General Patent Granting Process <\/strong>at the Intellectual Property Office, <\/strong>within the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Mike Griffiths <\/strong>will stand down as Chief Constable and CEO of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary<\/strong> at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Andy Heldane <\/strong>has been appointed as the Chair<\/strong> of the Industrial Strategy Council<\/strong> at HM Treasury (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Government<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Jackie Doyle-Price <\/strong>has been appointed as the first Minister for Suicide Prevention<\/strong> at the Department for Health and Social Care.<\/p>\n

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\"Related\u00a0 \u00a0 Scottish Government<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

David Ulph<\/strong> and Francis Breedon <\/strong>have been named as members of the Scottish Fiscal Commission<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\"UKIP\" UK Independence Party<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Kirstan Herriot <\/strong>has replaced Tony McIntyre <\/strong>as Chair<\/strong> of the UK Independence Party.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

This week, the European Parliament will be in Brussels for Committee and Group meetings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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