{"id":118815,"date":"2018-10-30T15:13:52","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T14:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=118815&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=118815"},"modified":"2018-10-30T15:19:10","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T14:19:10","slug":"political-updates-29-october-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-updates-29-october-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Updates 29 October 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 <span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Government departments<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Reverend Andrew Paul Rumsey <\/strong>has been appointed to the<strong> Suffragan See of Ramsbury <\/strong>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/queen-appoints-suffragan-bishop-of-ramsbury?utm_source=020eae19-7a2d-4761-9b03-ebdc42fe01d9&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&amp;utm_content=immediate\">more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pippa Lambert <\/strong>has been appointed as a member of the <strong>Senior Salaries Review Body<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/pm-appoints-new-member-of-senior-salaries-review-body?utm_source=418ac3dc-ff2d-4928-8006-e0c1ec62851c&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&amp;utm_content=immediate\">more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alison Stevenson <\/strong>has been appointed as the first <strong>Director of Overseas Bases<\/strong> for the <strong>Joint Forces Command<\/strong> at the Ministry of Defence (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/joint-forces-command-appoints-new-director-of-overseas-bases?utm_source=54e44f5a-8131-48aa-b1fd-605b8a598b76&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&amp;utm_content=immediate\">more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Andrew Moll<\/strong> has been appointed as the new <strong>Chief Inspector of Marine Accidents<\/strong> at the Department for Transport (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/maib-has-a-new-chief-inspector?utm_source=e9be4cff-fd48-472b-a924-169a528aa5f8&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&amp;utm_content=immediate\">more info<\/a>)<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jerry Cope<\/strong> has been appointed as <strong>Interim Chair<\/strong> of the <strong>Prison Service Pay Review Body <\/strong>at the Ministry of Justice (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/jerry-cope-appointed-to-the-prison-service-pay-review-body?utm_source=d594e981-beca-43fc-8a10-51a5d9f931cd&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&amp;utm_content=immediate\">more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mr Brian Olley<\/strong> has been appointed <strong>Her Majesty&#8217;s Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania <\/strong>at the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/change-of-her-majestys-ambassador-to-lithuania-in-august-2019?utm_source=ef54bec8-ec29-4d02-9e17-fb64b8016a38&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&amp;utm_content=immediate\">more info<\/a>). <strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark Babington<\/strong> has been appointed<strong> Independent Governor of Westminster Foundation for Democracy <\/strong>at the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/independent-governor-of-wfd-appointed?utm_source=6363f5c5-9856-49a0-b905-586bfa90549e&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&amp;utm_content=immediate\">more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sir David Wright <\/strong>and <strong>Claire Bassett <\/strong>have been appointed Chair and Chief Executive respectively of the new <strong>Trade Remedies Authority <\/strong>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/chair-and-chief-executive-designates-appointed-to-uk-trade-remedies-authority?utm_source=8fb487be-03ce-4672-aaba-6b2a43959d55&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&amp;utm_content=immediate\">more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vegepaclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/House-of-Commons-logo.png\" alt=\"Image result for house of commons logo\" width=\"104\" height=\"129\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0House of Commons<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ruth Cadbury <\/strong>has replaced <strong>Luke Pollard <\/strong>as a member of the <strong>Transport Committee.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Colin Clark <\/strong>has replaced <strong>Alister Jack <\/strong>as a member of the <strong>Treasury Committee.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Marion Fellows <\/strong>has replaced <strong>Patrick Grady <\/strong>as a member of the <strong>Administration Committee.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ben Bradley <\/strong>has replaced <strong>Michelle Donelan <\/strong>as a member of the <strong>Education Committee.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nigel Mills <\/strong>and<strong> Chris Davies <\/strong>have replaced <strong>Bim Afolami <\/strong>and <strong>Luke Graham <\/strong>as members of the <strong>Committee of Public Accounts.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kirstene Hair <\/strong>has replaced <strong>Paul Masterton <\/strong>as a member of the <strong>Scottish Affairs Committee.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Guto Bebb <\/strong>has replaced <strong>Glyn Davies <\/strong>as a member of the <strong>Welsh Affairs Committee.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><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\" alt=\"Related image\" width=\"148\" height=\"145\" \/> House of Lords<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lord Bew<\/strong> has been appointed as Chair of <strong>House of Lords Appointments Commission<\/strong>. <strong>Lord Evans of Weardale<\/strong> has been appointed Chair of the <strong>Committee on Standards in Public Life (<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/prime-minister-appoints-new-committee-chairs?utm_source=1b8ff239-3c56-44ca-b6a1-45554a2564a0&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&amp;utm_content=immediate\">more info<\/a><strong>).<\/strong><\/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, the European Parliament will undertake external parliamentary activities.<\/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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