{"id":127352,"date":"2019-12-23T14:54:19","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T13:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/?p=127352"},"modified":"2019-12-23T14:54:19","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T13:54:19","slug":"political-updates-23-december-2019-2-2-2-2-2-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-updates-23-december-2019-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Updates 23rd December 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s\u00a0Political Updates, covers moves and changes at all levels of government.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/gov-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-127280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/gov-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"159\" \/><\/a> <strong>UK Government<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Simon Hart <\/strong>MP has been appointed Secretary of State for Wales.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Douglas Ross<\/strong> appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Andrew Bailey<\/strong> to be new Governor of the Bank of England.<\/p>\n<p><strong>James Heappey<\/strong> appointed as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Defence Procurement).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anne-Marie Trevelyan<\/strong> appointed as Minister of State for the Armed Forces (formerly Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Defence Procurement), Ministry of Defence).<\/p>\n<p><strong>David TC Davies<\/strong> appointed as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Wales Office and Assistant Government Whip.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kevin Foster<\/strong> appointed as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Home Office.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chris Philp<\/strong> appointed as Minister for London at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Douglas Ross<\/strong> appointed as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scotland Office and as a Government Whip.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mike Freer<\/strong> appointed as Government Whip, Comptroller of HM Household.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Maria Caulfield<\/strong> appointed as an Assistant Government Whip.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Iain Stewart<\/strong> appointed as Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Robin Walker<\/strong> no longer Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scotland Office.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/house-of-lords-pic.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-122622\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/house-of-lords-pic.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"141\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a> \u00a0<strong>House of Lords<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nicky Morgan <\/strong>has been given a peerage and subsequently been reappointed as Culture Secretary for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Liberal_Democrats_logo_2014.svg_.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-124173\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Liberal_Democrats_logo_2014.svg_-300x142.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"281\" height=\"133\" 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: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Following Jo Swinson\u2019s resignation, <strong>Ed Davey and Baroness Brinton<\/strong> will lead the party as Joint Interim Leaders.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Scottish-Parliament-Logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-124439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Scottish-Parliament-Logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"164\" \/><\/a> \u00a0<strong>Scottish Parliament<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alan Alexander<\/strong> announced as the new Chair for Audit Scotland from April 2020.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/National-Assembly-for-Wales.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-121676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/National-Assembly-for-Wales-300x152.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"272\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/National-Assembly-for-Wales-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/National-Assembly-for-Wales-768x389.png 768w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/National-Assembly-for-Wales-1030x521.png 1030w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/National-Assembly-for-Wales-1500x759.png 1500w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/National-Assembly-for-Wales-705x357.png 705w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/National-Assembly-for-Wales-450x228.png 450w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/National-Assembly-for-Wales-500x253.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/><\/a> National Assembly for Wales <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Debra Williams <\/strong>appointed as Chair for the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s Political Updates covers moves and changes at all levels of government: local, devolved, national 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