{"id":127279,"date":"2019-12-16T16:47:44","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T15:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/?p=127279"},"modified":"2019-12-16T16:47:44","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T15:47:44","slug":"political-updates-16-december-2019-2-2-2-2-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-updates-16-december-2019-2-2-2-2-2-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Updates 16th December 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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\"\"<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0UK Government<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jon Wilks<\/strong> CMG has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the State of Qatar in succession to Mr Ajay Sharma CMG and will start in February 2020 (more info<\/a><\/strong>).<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 House of Commons<\/strong><\/p>\n

Following the General Election on 12th<\/sup> December 2019, Westminster welcomes 140 new Members of Parliament<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Westminster also welcomes back 15\u00a0former MPs<\/strong> who have previously been elected.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 \"\"<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0Conservative Party<\/strong><\/p>\n

Following the General Election on 12th<\/sup> December 2019, Prime Minister Boris Johnson welcomes the newly 109 elected Conservative MP\u2019s.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Following the success within the General Election, the Conservative Party has increased its majority to 80<\/strong>, achieving a total of 365 seats<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Following the General Election on 12th<\/sup> December 2019, Jeremy Corbyn<\/strong> has announced he will not lead the party into a future election.<\/p>\n

Following the General Election, the Labour party has lost 59 seats<\/strong> within the House of Commons, suffering its worst defeat since 1935, achieving a total of 203 seats<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Jo Swinson<\/strong> has stepped down as Party Leader after losing her seat in the East Dunbartonshire constituency.<\/p>\n

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This week\u2019s plenary session will be held in Strasbourg<\/strong> (more info<\/a><\/strong>).<\/p>\n

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