{"id":124171,"date":"2019-08-28T13:09:55","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T12:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=124171&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=124171"},"modified":"2019-10-24T15:03:50","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T14:03:50","slug":"political-updates-28-august-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-updates-28-august-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Updates 28th August 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">This week&#8217;s\u00a0Political Updates covers moves and changes at all levels of government.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com\/736x\/3b\/3c\/f2\/3b3cf2ebb2512bba3588c935619f2e71--british-government-british-invasion.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for uk government logo\" width=\"115\" height=\"94\" \/>UK Government\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Dr Jennifer Hoyle,<\/strong> <strong>Daniel shears<\/strong> and <strong>Lesley Francois<\/strong> are the three new members who have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/new-appointments-to-the-industrial-injuries-advisory-council?utm_source=32619dc7-fac1-43e7-ba12-7abf368e30df&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&amp;utm_content=immediate\">appointed<\/a> to the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council. They will hold this position for 5 years, beginning on 1 September 2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alec Don <\/strong>has been<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/alec-don-named-as-new-deca-chairman?utm_source=3291814c-3e63-4d0c-8994-1e30fc2dad1f&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&amp;utm_content=immediate\">\u00a0named<\/a> as the new Defence Electronics and Components Agency Chairman.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr Christian Turner CMG <\/strong>has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/change-of-british-high-commissioner-to-pakistan-dr-christian-turner-cmg?utm_source=a6cab415-582e-426d-a76e-7e07bda9043d&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&amp;utm_content=immediate\">appointed<\/a> British High Commissioner to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in succession of Thomas Drew CMG. Dr Turner will take up his appointment by December 2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stephen Campbell <\/strong>has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/student-loans-company-appoints-new-chief-information-officer-cio?utm_source=4d4ed908-b5da-4a5e-b1f6-0659b83b4cd7&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&amp;utm_content=immediate\">appointed<\/a> Chief information Officer at the Student Loans Company.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr June Raine <\/strong>will become <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/dr-june-raine-to-become-interim-chief-executive-officer?utm_source=466dc3a3-a850-4693-b346-58e35f77310e&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&amp;utm_content=immediate\">interim<\/a> Chief Executive of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. She will take up this position from 20 September 2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paul Newby <\/strong>to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/paul-newby-to-leave-the-pca-role-at-end-of-four-year-term\">leave<\/a> Pubs Code Adjudicator role at the end of four year term.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-124172\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Welsh-Government-Logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"82\" height=\"86\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Welsh Government<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Rajma Begum, Dafydd Trystan Davies, Hannah Murphy, Delyth Evans<\/strong>, and <strong>Nicola Mead-Batten<\/strong> are the five new board members of Sports Wales, <a href=\"https:\/\/gov.wales\/five-new-board-members-sport-wales\">appointed<\/a> by the Welsh Government.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-124173\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Liberal_Democrats_logo_2014.svg_-300x142.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"158\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Liberal_Democrats_logo_2014.svg_-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Liberal_Democrats_logo_2014.svg_.png 306w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 158px) 100vw, 158px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Liberal Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libdems.org.uk\/shadcab19\">announced<\/a> their new shadow cabinet on 21 August:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jo Swinson MP<\/strong> &#8211; Leader<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ed Davey MP<\/strong> &#8211; Chancellor of the Exchequer; Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chuka Umunna MP<\/strong> &#8211; Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Affairs; International Development; International Trade<\/li>\n<li><strong>Christine Jardine MP<\/strong> &#8211; Home Department; Justice; Women and Equalities; Deputy Chief Whip<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tom Brake MP<\/strong> &#8211; Exiting the European Union; Duchy of Lancaster<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jamie Stone MP<\/strong> &#8211; Defence; Scotland<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vince Cable MP<\/strong> &#8211; Health &amp; Social Care<\/li>\n<li><strong>Layla Moran MP<\/strong> &#8211; Education; Digital, Culture, Media &amp; Sport<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wera Hobhouse MP<\/strong> &#8211; Climate Change &amp; Environment; Transport<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tim Farron MP<\/strong> &#8211; Housing, Communities &amp; Local Government; Work &amp; Pensions; North of England (Northern Powerhouse)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alistair Carmichael MP<\/strong> &#8211; Chief Whip; Northern Ireland<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jane Dodds MP<\/strong> &#8211; Wales; Food &amp; Rural Affairs<\/li>\n<li><strong>Catherine Bearder MEP<\/strong> &#8211; Europe<\/li>\n<li><strong>Siobhan Benita<\/strong> &#8211; London<\/li>\n<li><strong>Willie Rennie MSP<\/strong> &#8211; Scotland<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kirsty Williams AM<\/strong> &#8211; Wales<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lord Newby<\/strong> &#8211; Leader of the House of Lords<\/li>\n<li><strong>Baroness Brinton<\/strong> &#8211; Party President<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s Political Updates covers moves and changes at all levels of government: local, devolved, national and, supranational.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":410,"featured_media":111830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7341],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124171"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/410"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124171"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125536,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124171\/revisions\/125536"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}