{"id":123410,"date":"2019-07-08T16:20:32","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T15:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=123410&preview=true&preview_id=123410"},"modified":"2019-07-08T16:20:32","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T15:20:32","slug":"political-updates-1-july-2019-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-updates-1-july-2019-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Updates 8th July 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\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Professor Alan Penn <\/strong>has been\u00a0appointed<\/span><\/a> as Chief Scientific Adviser at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.<\/p>\n

Peter Homa <\/strong>has been\u00a0appointed<\/span><\/a> as Director General of the Defence Medical Services.<\/p>\n

Simon Dudley<\/strong> has been appointed<\/span><\/a> Senior Independent Director of Homes England.<\/p>\n

Ian Dalton CBE<\/strong>, former Chief Executive of NHS Improvement, has been appointed<\/a><\/span> as the Executive Chair of the Government Automation Taskforce.<\/p>\n

Rosina Cottage QC<\/strong> has been reappointed<\/a> <\/span>to the Sentencing Council for a period of 3 years.<\/p>\n

Adam Treslove <\/strong>has been appointed<\/span><\/a> Head of Corporate Affairs at the Student Loans Company.<\/p>\n

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

Professor Catriona Matheson <\/strong>has been appointed<\/a><\/span> as Chair of new Drug Deaths Taskforce.<\/p>\n

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

The House of Lords has appointed Baroness Bull, Baroness Grender, Lord McInnes of Kilwinning, Lord Storey and The Lord Bishop of Worcester <\/strong>as new members to the Communications Committee (more info<\/span><\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Political Parties<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0<\/a>Labour Party<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Gordon Nardell QC<\/strong>, the lawyer who was hired by Labour last year to oversee its response for dealing with the crisis over anti-Semitism has stood down from his role.<\/p>\n

Pro-Brexit MP Kate H<\/strong>oe<\/strong>y <\/strong>will stand down at the next election in her constituency of Vauxhall.<\/p>\n

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UKIP<\/h3>\n

UKIP has confirmed Liz Phillips<\/strong> as its candidate for the Brecon and Radnorshire by-election.<\/p>\n

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European Parliament<\/h3>\n

David Sassoli<\/strong> has been elected President of the European Parliament (more info<\/a><\/span>).<\/p>\n

14 European Parliament Vice-Presidents, Mairead McGuinness<\/strong>, Pedro Silva Pereira<\/strong>, Rainer Wieland<\/strong>, Katarina Barley<\/strong>, Othmar Karas<\/strong>, Ewa Kopacz<\/strong>, K<\/strong>l\u00e1ra Dobrev<\/strong>, Dita Charanzov\u00e1<\/strong>, Nicola Beer<\/strong>, L\u00edvia J\u00e1r\u00f3ka<\/strong>, Heidi Hautala<\/strong>, Marcel Kolaja<\/strong>, Dimitrios Papadimoulis<\/strong> and Fabio Massimo Castaldo<\/strong> have been elected in three rounds of voting for a two-and-a-half year term (more info<\/span><\/a>).<\/p>\n

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