{"id":97861,"date":"2016-12-19T11:17:45","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T11:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=97861&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=97861"},"modified":"2019-09-10T15:41:41","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T14:41:41","slug":"political-updates-19-december-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-updates-19-december-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Updates 19 December 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Political-Updates-Logo-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-99277 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Political-Updates-Logo-3.png\" alt=\"Political-Updates-Logo-3\" width=\"760\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Political-Updates-Logo-3.png 760w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Political-Updates-Logo-3-300x113.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Political-Updates-Logo-3-705x264.png 705w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Political-Updates-Logo-3-450x169.png 450w, https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Political-Updates-Logo-3-500x188.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">This is the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">last<\/span>\u00a0Political Updates of the year,\u00a0wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div   class='hr hr-full hr-no-shadow   avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-96460 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/House-of-Commons-Logo.png\" alt=\"house-of-commons-logo\" width=\"86\" height=\"106\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>House of Commons<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The House of Commons rises on 20th December for the Christmas recess, The House returns on 9th January 2017.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Select Committees<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs:\u00a0<\/strong>John Stevenson (CON) joined; Adam Holloway (CON) left.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Works and Pensions:<\/strong> Royston Smith (CON) joined; John Glen (CON) left.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Women and Equalities:\u00a0<\/strong>Philip Davies (CON) joined; Mims Davies (CON) left.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Finance:\u00a0<\/strong>Mark Menzies (CON) joined; Mark Garnier (CON) left.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Environmental:\u00a0<\/strong>Scott Mann (CON) and Joan Ryan (LAB) joined; Margaret Greenwood (LAB) left.<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-96461 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/House-of-Lords-Logo.jpg\" alt=\"house-of-lords-logo\" width=\"107\" height=\"105\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>House of Lords<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The House of Lords rises on the 21st December for the Christmas recess. The House returns on 9th January 2017.<\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lord Prior<\/strong> passed away on the 12th December.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Baroness Cavendish<\/strong> has resigned the Conservative Party Whip having\u00a0less than three months after she took her seat in the Lords.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Baroness Chisholm<\/strong> announced in 15th December she will be leaving her roles in the Government and returning to the backbenches.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Devolved Institutions<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-96464 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Scottish-Parliament-Logo.jpg\" alt=\"scottish-parliament-logo\" width=\"145\" height=\"118\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bill Bowman<\/strong> has been selected to take the seat of Alex Johnstone in the Scottish Parliament. Alex Johnstone passed away on the 7th December.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\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=\"wp-image-96463 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Northern-Ireland-Assembly-Logo.png\" alt=\"northern-ireland-assembly-logo\" width=\"128\" height=\"115\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Northern Ireland Assembly rose on 9th December for the Christmas recess, however, a\u00a0special sitting of the Assembly has been called for today (<strong>19th December<\/strong>), this is to discuss the ongoing Renewable Heating Incentive (RHI) scandal.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Arlene Foster\u00a0<\/strong>is facing a motion of confidence in the Assembly over the RHI scandal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Local Government<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The leader of <strong>Neath Port Talbot Council<\/strong> is stepping down as a councillor at next May&#8217;s local elections.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Katherine Fairclough <\/strong>has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of\u00a0<strong>Cumbria County Council. <\/strong>Subject to approval by a full council meeting,\u00a0she will take over the role from Diane Wood in March 2017.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-96459 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/European-Parliament-Logo.png\" alt=\"european-parliament-logo\" width=\"198\" height=\"111\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>European Parliament<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jean Lambert <\/strong>Green\u00a0MEP for London, has been selected by the party to run for President of the European Parliament.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Antonio Tajani<\/strong> Forza Italia MEP for Centrale, Italy has been selected by the European People&#8217;s Party to run for President of the European Parliament.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Syed Kamall\u00a0<\/strong>has been re-elected as Leader of the European Conservatives and Reformists group in the Parliament.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ska Keller<\/strong> has been elected as co-Leader of the Green Party group in the Parliament.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jos\u00e9 In\u00e1cio Faria<\/strong>\u00a0has left the ALDE group for the EPP in the Parliament.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\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":406,"featured_media":99279,"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\/97861"}],"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\/406"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97861"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124369,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97861\/revisions\/124369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}