{"id":123013,"date":"2019-06-17T14:40:14","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T13:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=123013&preview=true&preview_id=123013"},"modified":"2019-06-17T14:40:14","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T13:40:14","slug":"political-updates-10-june-2019-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-updates-10-june-2019-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Updates 17th June 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"ImageUK Government<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Chris Whitty <\/strong>has been appointed as the new Chief Medical Officer for England and the UK government\u2019s Chief Medical Adviser (more info<\/span><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Robert Light<\/strong> has been appointed as the new Chair of the Consumer Council for Water (more info<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n

Cindy Butts<\/strong>, Ian Comfort<\/strong>, Johanna Higgins<\/strong>, Christine Anne Smith<\/strong>, David Brown <\/strong>and Sukhvinder Kaur <\/strong>have been appointed as new Commissioners to the Criminal Cases Review Commission for three years (more info<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n

Colin Byrne <\/strong>and Sarah Hamilton <\/strong>have been appointed as Members of the Boundary Commission for England (more info<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n

Ms Jane Marriott OBE <\/strong>has been appointed as British High Commissioner to the Republic of Kenya, effective from summer 2019 (more info<\/span><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Ms Victoria Billing OBE <\/strong>has been appointed Her Majesty\u2019s Ambassador to the Republic of Senegal and Non-Resident Ambassador to the Republic of Cabo Verde (more info<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n

Peter Michael Ainsworth, MA <\/strong>has been re-appointed as Chairman of the Churches Conservation Trust for a period of three years, effective from 1st<\/sup> July 2019 (more info<\/span><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Jana Bennett<\/strong>, Delroy Beverly<\/strong>, Laela Pakpour-Tabrizi<\/strong>, Jeremy Silver <\/strong>and Wei Yang<\/strong> have been appointed as Trustees to the British Library Board for four years (more info<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n

Dr Barbara Bannister<\/strong>, Professor Bruce Campbell<\/strong>, Stephen Lightfoot<\/strong>, Amanda Calvert<\/strong> and Anne-Toni Rodgers <\/strong>have been appointed as Non-Executive Directors of Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) (more info<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n

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\"\"\u00a0 Scottish Government<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Malcolm Wright <\/strong>has been appointed as Chief Executive of NHS Scotland and Director General of Health and Social Care at the Scottish Government (more info<\/span><\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>House of Commons<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Simon Hoare MP<\/strong>, Conservative MP for North Dorset, has been elected as the new chair of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (more info<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n

\"\"Liberal Democrats<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Chuka Umunna <\/strong>has been appointed as shadow Treasury and business spokesperson.<\/p>\n

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