{"id":127369,"date":"2020-01-06T16:39:12","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T15:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/?p=127369"},"modified":"2020-01-06T16:39:12","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T15:39:12","slug":"political-updates-6-january-2020-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-updates-6-january-2020-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Updates 6th January 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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\"\"<\/a> UK Government<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Prime Minister has appointed Ren\u00e9 Olivieri <\/strong>as interim Chair of the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) for 6 months from 01 January 2020 to 01 July 2020 (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, the Rt. Hon Julian Smith MP, has appointed Councillors Allan Bresland, Catherine Elattar<\/strong> and Michael Ruane<\/strong> and Alderman Amanda Grehan<\/strong> to the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) Board (more info<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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The Labour leadership contest has five officially declared candidates: Emily Thornberry, Keir Starmer, Clive Lewis, Lisa Nandy <\/strong>and Jess Phillips.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ed Davey<\/strong>, the Acting Leader of the Liberal Democrats, has announced the party’s new team of spokespeople in the House of Commons. The full list can be found below:<\/p>\n

Ed Davey<\/strong> – Acting Leader, Economy and Social Justice<\/p>\n

Christine Jardine<\/strong> – Home Office, Women and Equalities<\/p>\n

Alistair Carmichael<\/strong> – Foreign Affairs & Brexit, Chief Whip<\/p>\n

Wera Hobhouse<\/strong> – Climate Emergency, Energy and the Environment<\/p>\n

Tim Farron<\/strong> – Housing, Local Government, Food and Rural Affairs, North of England<\/p>\n

Layla Moran<\/strong> – Education<\/p>\n

Munira Wilson<\/strong> – Health, Wellbeing & Social Care, Transport<\/p>\n

Jamie Stone<\/strong> – Defence<\/p>\n

Sarah Olney<\/strong> – Business and Trade<\/p>\n

Daisy Cooper<\/strong> – Justice, Digital, Culture, Media and Sport<\/p>\n

Wendy Chamberlain<\/strong> – Political & Constitutional Reform, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, International Development<\/p>\n

In addition, Siobhan Benita<\/strong> will attend meetings of the team as London Spokesperson, while Dick Newby<\/strong>, leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords, will shortly announce a new team of Lords spokespeople.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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