{"id":127493,"date":"2020-01-14T10:27:07","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T09:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/?p=127493"},"modified":"2020-01-14T18:34:26","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T17:34:26","slug":"political-updates-13-january-2020-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-updates-13-january-2020-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Updates 13th January 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>This week&#8217;s\u00a0Political Updates, covers moves and changes at all levels of government.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/gov.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-127494\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/gov.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"171\" \/><\/a>UK Government<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Madeleine Alessandri<\/strong> has been appointed as the new Permanent Secretary at the Northern Ireland Office (NIO).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dean Beale<\/strong> has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the Insolvency Service.<\/p>\n<p>The Queen has approved the appointment of<strong> Andrew Selous<\/strong> MP as Second Church Estates Commissioner.<\/p>\n<p>The Queen appoints Mr <strong>James Saunders Watson<\/strong> DL as Her Majesty\u2019s Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Northamptonshire.<\/p>\n<p>The Secretary of State has appointed the following new members to serve on the Veterinary Products Committee from January 2020 until 31 December 2023:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>David Mackay<\/strong> is a veterinary surgeon with experience in veterinary immunology<\/li>\n<li><strong>David Killick<\/strong> is a veterinary surgeon with experience in mixed and small animal practice<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ronnie Soutar<\/strong> is a veterinary surgeon with experience in aquaculture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Logo_Labour_Party.svg_-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-123266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Logo_Labour_Party.svg_-1-300x55.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"273\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Logo_Labour_Party.svg_-1-300x55.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Logo_Labour_Party.svg_-1-768x141.png 768w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Logo_Labour_Party.svg_-1-1030x189.png 1030w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Logo_Labour_Party.svg_-1-705x129.png 705w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Logo_Labour_Party.svg_-1-450x83.png 450w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Logo_Labour_Party.svg_-1-500x92.png 500w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Logo_Labour_Party.svg_-1.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tracy Brabin <\/strong>has been appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Luke Pollard<\/strong> has been appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rachael Maskell<\/strong> has been appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Employment Rights.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tony Lloyd<\/strong> has been appointed as Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Emma Hardy<\/strong> has been appointed as Shadow Minister for Skills.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tanmanjeet Singh<\/strong> <strong>Dhesi<\/strong> has been appointed PPS to Jeremy Corbyn as Leader of the Opposition.<\/p>\n<p>The five leadership candidates who have successfully passed through the first stage of the Leadership contest include :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rebecca Long-Bailey<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lisa Nandy<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Jess Phillips<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Keir Starmer<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Emily Thornberry<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The five candidates who have successfully passed through the first stage of the Deputy Leadership contest include :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rosena Allin-Khan<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Richard Burgon<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Dawn Butler<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ian Murray<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Angela Rayner<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Northern-Ireland-Assembly-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-96463\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Northern-Ireland-Assembly-Logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"211\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The DUP and Sinn F\u00e9in have re-entered their power sharing agreement thus restoring the political institutions in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend several appointments were made to the Northern Ireland Executive and the Assembly. Details can be found below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Arlene Foster<\/strong> (DUP) has been appointed First Minister<\/li>\n<li><strong>Michelle O&#8217;Neill<\/strong> (Sinn F\u00e9in) has been appointed Deputy First Minister<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gordon Lyons<\/strong> (DUP) has been appointed Junior Minister<\/li>\n<li><strong>Declan Kearney<\/strong> (Sinn F\u00e9in) has been appointed Junior Minister<\/li>\n<li><strong>Peter Weir<\/strong> (DUP) has been appointed Minister of Education<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dianne Dodds<\/strong> (DUP) has been appointed Minister for the Economy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Conor Murphy<\/strong> (Sinn F\u00e9in) has been appointed Minister\u00a0of Finance<\/li>\n<li><strong>Robin Swann<\/strong> (UUP) has been appointed Minister of Health<\/li>\n<li><strong>Naomi Long<\/strong> (Alliance) has been appointed Minister of Justice<\/li>\n<li><strong>Deidre Hargey<\/strong> (Sinn F\u00e9in) has been appointed Minister for Communities<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nichola Mallon<\/strong> (SDLP) has been appointed Minister\u00a0for Infrastructure<\/li>\n<li><strong>Edwin Poots<\/strong> (DUP) has been appointed Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alex Maskey<\/strong> (Sinn F\u00e9in) has been appointed Speaker<\/li>\n<li><strong>Christopher Stalford<\/strong> (DUP), <strong>Roy Beggs<\/strong> (UUP) and <strong>Patsy McGlone<\/strong> (SDLP) have been appointed as Deputy Speakers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/European-Parliament-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96459\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/European-Parliament-Logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"294\" height=\"165\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s European Parliament plenary session will be held in <strong>Strasbourg<\/strong>.<\/p>\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":436,"featured_media":109831,"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\/127493"}],"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\/436"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127493"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127502,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127493\/revisions\/127502"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}