{"id":120470,"date":"2019-02-04T18:08:25","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T17:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=120470&preview=true&preview_id=120470"},"modified":"2019-02-04T18:16:12","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T17:16:12","slug":"political-updates-04-february-2019-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-updates-04-february-2019-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Updates 4 February 2019"},"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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Anita Bharucha <\/strong>has been appointed as chair of the Police Remuneration Review Body<\/strong> and the National Crime Agency Remuneration Review Body <\/strong>at the Home Office (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Katie Kapernaros<\/strong> and John Osmond<\/strong> have been appointed as directors to the BPDTS board at the Department for Work and Pensions (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Mr Neil Wigan OBE<\/strong> has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the State of Israel<\/strong> at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Mr Ben Fender OBE<\/strong> has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Somalia <\/strong>at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Mr Colin Martin-Reynolds CMG<\/strong> has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Colombia<\/strong> at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Professor Richard Dawson<\/strong> has been appointed to the Adaptation Sub-Committee<\/strong> of the Committee on Climate Change<\/strong> at the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Douglas Gurr<\/strong> has been appointed as a Trustee of the National Gallery<\/strong> at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Irene Lucas<\/strong> has been named as Management Board Chair of the Education and Skills Funding Agency<\/strong> at the Department for Education (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Kate Terroni<\/strong> has been appointed Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care <\/strong>at the Care Quality Commission<\/strong> within the Department for Health and Social Care (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Michael Jary <\/strong>has been appointed as Lead Non-Executive Director<\/strong> at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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

Liberal Democrat life peer Lord Smith of Clifton <\/strong>retired on 31 January.<\/p>\n

Crossbench life peer Lord Cullen of Whitekirk <\/strong>retired on 1 February.<\/p>\n

Nicola Blackwood (Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford) <\/strong>joined the House of Lords on 1 February.<\/p>\n

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

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

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