{"id":122006,"date":"2019-04-01T16:37:15","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T15:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=122006&preview=true&preview_id=122006"},"modified":"2019-04-01T16:38:06","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T15:38:06","slug":"political-updates-1-april-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-updates-1-april-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Updates 1 April 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"Image\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>UK Government<\/strong><\/h3>\n

James Sharp <\/strong>has been appointed Her Majesty\u2019s Ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan. (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Digital Secretary Jeremy Wright <\/strong>has appointed Sherry Coutu <\/strong>as a Non-Executive Board Member to DCMS for a term of three years. (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Lieutenant General Tim Radford<\/strong> has been appointed NATO\u2019s Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (DSACEUR), demonstrating the leading role the UK plays in the transatlantic alliance. (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Professor Sir Adrian Smith <\/strong>has been appointed to provide to provide independent advice on the design of UK funding schemes for European and international science, research and innovation collaboration. (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Dame Heather Hallett<\/strong> appointed as the new Chair of the Security Vetting Appeals Panel. (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Jennie Price CBE<\/strong>, Peter Latham OBE<\/strong> and Liz Philip<\/strong> have been appointed as Non-Executive Commissioners to Forestry Commission England for three years commencing on 1 April 2019. (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Professor Elizabeth Fisher is to replace Professor Fran Balkwill as board member if the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology.<\/p>\n

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Seven new members have been appointed to the Arts Council of Wales by Lord Elis-Thomas, <\/strong>Deputy Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism. The new members are Alison Mears, Devinda De Silva, Gwennan Mair Jones, Lhosa Daly, Sarah Younan, Tudur Hallam <\/strong>and Victoria Provis. <\/strong>(more info<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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

The Lord Bishop of Derby<\/strong> joined the House of Lords. (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

In the by-election following the death of Viscount Slim<\/strong>, Lord Ravensdale<\/strong> was elected as Crossbench hereditary peer. (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Melanie Onn<\/strong>, MP for Great Grimsby, resigned as Shadow Housing Minister after refusing to support a second referendum or People\u2019s Vote on Brexit.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>National Assembly for Wales<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Michelle Brown<\/strong> AM has left UKIP. She remains as an AM and as an independent. (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Janet Finch Saunders<\/strong> replaced J Rowlands<\/strong> as a member of the Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister.<\/p>\n

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

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