{"id":122457,"date":"2019-05-07T15:31:47","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T14:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=122457&preview=true&preview_id=122457"},"modified":"2019-05-07T15:31:47","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T14:31:47","slug":"political-updates-07-may-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-updates-07-may-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Updates 7th May 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

Penny Mordaunt <\/strong>has been appointed<\/a> Secretary of State for Defence<\/p>\n

Rory Stewart <\/strong>has been appointed<\/a> Secretary of State for International Development<\/p>\n

Gavin Williamson<\/strong> has been sacked<\/a> from his role as Secretary of State for Defence, following an investigation into the recent National Security Council leak.<\/p>\n

Dan Labbad<\/strong> has been appointed<\/a> as the next Chief Executive of The Crown Estate<\/p>\n

John Tuckett<\/strong> has been appointed<\/a> as the new Immigration Services Commissioner<\/p>\n

Clare Cameron<\/strong> has been appointed<\/a> as the new Director Defence Innovation<\/p>\n

Professor Raymond Agius<\/strong> has been appointed<\/a> to the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council as an independent member from 1 May 2019 for 5 years<\/p>\n

Julie Pirone and Stephen Spiers<\/strong> appointed<\/a> as members of the Advisory Committee for Scotland.<\/p>\n

Adam Smith, Adrian Greer, Judith Buchanan and Leslie<\/strong> Vinjamuri appointed<\/a> as members of the \u00a0Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission<\/p>\n

Raymond Agius named<\/a> as an independent member of the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council<\/p>\n

John Wilkinson to retire<\/a> as Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency\u2019s director of devices in October<\/p>\n

Anuradha Singh appointed<\/a> as a member of the Committee on Fuel Poverty<\/p>\n

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A Chair and 5 members have been appointed<\/a> to the National Independent Safeguarding Board. The new Chair is Jane Randall and the new members are Dr Jo Aubrey, Tessa Hodgson, Karen Minton, Jan Pickles and Tony Young.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Fiona Onasanya<\/strong> has been removed<\/a> as an MP following a recall petition in her constituency of Peterborough.<\/p>\n

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Former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale<\/strong> is to stand down<\/a> from the Scottish Parliament this summer. She will be replaced by Sarah Boyack<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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The European elections are taking place 23 – 26 May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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