{"id":123964,"date":"2019-08-12T14:31:25","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T13:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=123964&preview=true&preview_id=123964"},"modified":"2019-10-21T10:35:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T09:35:00","slug":"political-updates-12-august-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-updates-12-august-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Updates 12th August 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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Dr Alan Gogbashian <\/strong>has been\u00a0appointed<\/a><\/span> Her Majesty\u2019s Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia, taking up his appointment during September 2019.<\/p>\n

Mr Chris Welch <\/strong>has been\u00a0appointed<\/span><\/a> as a Board Member of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE).<\/p>\n

Mr Christopher Andrew Crawford Simpson <\/strong>has been\u00a0appointed<\/a> <\/span>as Her Majesty\u2019s Lord-Lieutenant for Banffshire.<\/p>\n

Ian Diamond <\/strong>has been\u00a0appointed<\/a><\/span> as UK\u2019s National Statistician.<\/p>\n

Regina Finn <\/strong>has been\u00a0appointed<\/a><\/span> Chair of Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) and Electricity Settlements Company (ESC).<\/p>\n

Liz Sayce OBE<\/strong> is being\u00a0appointed<\/a><\/span> interim chair of the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC).<\/p>\n

Mrs Patricia Ann Sawers <\/strong>has been\u00a0appointed<\/a><\/span> as Her Majesty\u2019s Lord-Lieutenant for Angus.<\/p>\n

Mr Rodney Adams <\/strong>has been\u00a0appointed<\/a> <\/span>as the new Deputy Commissioner of Police for the Turks & Caicos Islands.<\/p>\n

Lynn Lawrence <\/strong>and Martin Post <\/strong>have been\u00a0appointed<\/a><\/span> as members of the School Teachers\u2019 Review Body.
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Political Parties <\/strong><\/h3>\n

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UKIP<\/h3>\n

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Richard Braine<\/strong> has been elected as leader of the UK Independence Party (more info<\/a><\/span>).<\/p>\n

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\"Image\u00a0 Scottish Labour Party<\/h3>\n

General Secretary Brian Roy<\/strong>, the most senior official in the Scottish Labour party has stepped down (more info<\/a><\/span>).<\/p>\n

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