{"id":124043,"date":"2019-08-19T11:43:47","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T10:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=124043&preview=true&preview_id=124043"},"modified":"2019-10-09T16:44:01","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T15:44:01","slug":"political-updates-19-august-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-updates-19-august-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Updates 19th August 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

Sarah Jenkins<\/strong> has been appointed<\/a> as a Trustee at the Historic Royal Palaces. She will hold this role for 3 years, beginning on 2 September 2019.<\/p>\n

Tim Davie<\/strong> was re-appointed<\/a> as a Trustee of the Tate for four years, he will begin this position on 5 October 2019.<\/p>\n

Farooq Chaudhry<\/strong> has been appointed<\/a> as Artist Trustee of the Tate. He will hold this role for a period of 4 years, beginning on 29 July 2019.<\/p>\n

Mark Mohammed<\/strong>, Graham R Middleton<\/strong> and Jacqueline Fordyce<\/strong> have all been appointed<\/a> as Standing Junior Counsel to the Advocate General for Scotland and will began this role on 12 August 2019.<\/p>\n

Edward Lister<\/strong> has resigned<\/a> as Chair of Homes of England.<\/p>\n

Lynn Lawrence<\/strong> and Martin Post <\/strong>have both been appointed<\/a> as members of the School Teachers\u2019 Review Body in the Department for Education.<\/p>\n

Alan Andranik Gogbashian<\/strong> was appointed<\/a> as Her Majesty\u2019s Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, succeeding Judith Farnworth<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Mike Seddon<\/strong> was appointed<\/a> as Chief Executive of Forestry England.<\/p>\n

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Welsh Government<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Sir David Henshaw<\/strong> has been announced<\/a> as the preferred candidate to become the Chair of Natural Resources Wales (NRW).<\/p>\n

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Political Parties<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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

Dr Sarah Wollaston<\/strong> has joined<\/a> the Liberal Democrats. She was initially elected as a Conservative MP but was sitting as an independent MP.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Labour<\/strong> Party<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Albert Owen MP<\/strong> has announced that he will step-down<\/a> at the next general election for \u201cpersonal reasons\u201d. He will remain in his current position as Member of Parliament for Ynys M\u00f4n until the next scheduled general election in 2022 but has said that he will stand down if there is a snap election before then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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