{"id":122206,"date":"2019-04-15T16:37:52","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T15:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=122206&preview=true&preview_id=122206"},"modified":"2019-04-15T16:37:52","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T15:37:52","slug":"political-updates-8-april-2019-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-updates-8-april-2019-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Updates 15 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

Steven Boyd <\/strong>has been appointed as the first permanent Chief Executive of the Government Property Agency. Mr Boyd will take up his appointment on 10th<\/sup> June (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Judith Hackitt<\/strong> and Stephen Hughes<\/strong> have been appointed to the board of HS2 Limited, Department for Transport as non-executive directors (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Mike Clancy<\/strong> has been reappointed as the member of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) Council (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Professor Anil Kashyap<\/strong> has been reappointed as an external member of the Financial Policy Committee (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Michael Sanders <\/strong>has been reappointed as an external member of Monetary Policy Committee (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Brian McIntyre<\/strong> has been appointed as the first ever Chief Digital and Technology Officer (CDTO) by the England\u2019s national housing agency Home England (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Sally Howes <\/strong>replaced David Southwood<\/strong> as chair of the UK Space Agency Steering Board (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Les Allamby <\/strong>re-appointed to as Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Mal Singh<\/strong> takes over as BPDTS Ltd\u2019s Finance Director (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Paul Whiting<\/strong> to replace Adele Downey<\/strong> as Chief Executive from 1st<\/sup> May on an interim basis (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Grayson Perry<\/strong> reappointed and Vivian Hunt, George Weston and Philipp Hildebrand<\/strong> appointed as Trustees of the British Museum (more info).<\/p>\n

Roderick Drummond <\/strong>has been appointed Her Majesty\u2019s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Desmond Swayne<\/strong> replaced Robert Goodwill <\/strong>as a member of the Northern Ireland Committee.<\/p>\n

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Welsh Government<\/h3>\n

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David Jones <\/strong>appointed as first Ofcom Board member for Wales (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Martin Woodford<\/strong> appointed Chair of Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Labour Party<\/h3>\n

Alex Cunningham<\/strong> appointed as a Shadow Housing Minister.<\/p>\n

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

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