{"id":98391,"date":"2017-01-09T12:54:12","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T12:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk?p=98391&preview=true&preview_id=98391"},"modified":"2019-09-10T15:41:01","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T14:41:01","slug":"political-updates-9-january-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/political-updates-9-january-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Updates 9th January 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is the first<\/span>\u00a0Political Updates of 2017, covering moves and changes at all levels of government. Happy New Year!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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House of Commons<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Members of Parliament return to the House of Commons today (9th January).<\/em><\/p>\n

Copeland by-election<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • Jamie Reed<\/strong> is yet to resign his Copeland<\/strong> seat, a by-election date has not been set.<\/li>\n
  • The deadline for members of the Labour Party to put themselves forward to be the party’s candidate for the Copeland by-election is the 9th January.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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    Members of the House of Lords return today (9th January)<\/em><\/p>\n

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    • Baroness Brown of Cambridge<\/strong> has been appointed as Chair of the Committee on Climate Change\u2019s Adaptation Sub-Committee.<\/li>\n
    • A new\u00a0Lord\u00a0<\/strong>Speaker’s committee on the size of the House<\/strong> has been established: Lord Burns (Chair) (Crossbench), Lord Beith (Lib Dem), Baroness Browning (CON), Baroness Crawley (LAB), Baroness Taylor of Bolton (LAB), Lord Wakeham (CON).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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      New and Reformed All Party Parliamentary Groups<\/strong><\/h3>\n

      6th January 2017 Register<\/span><\/p>\n

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      • Ahmadiyya Muslim Community – Siobhain McDonagh (Chair)<\/li>\n
      • Better Brexit for Young People – Stephen Kinnock (Chair)<\/li>\n
      • Built Environment – Oliver Colvile (Chair)<\/li>\n
      • Bullying – Daniel Zeichner (Chair)<\/li>\n
      • Channel 4 – Nadhim Zahawi (Chair)<\/li>\n
      • Colombia – Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Chair)<\/li>\n
      • East-West Rail – Iain Stewart (Chair)<\/li>\n
      • Global Security and Non-Proliferation – Mike Gapes (Chair)<\/li>\n
      • Healthy Homes and Buildings – Jim Shannon (Chair)<\/li>\n
      • Ireland and the Irish in Britain – Conor McGinn (Chair)<\/li>\n
      • Listed Properties – Craig Mackinlay (Chair)<\/li>\n
      • Mozambique – Roger Godsiff (Chair)<\/li>\n
      • Norfolk Island – Paula Sherriff (Chair)<\/li>\n
      • Offshore Oil and Gas – Peter Aldous (Chair)<\/li>\n
      • Photonics – Carol Monaghan (Chair)<\/li>\n
      • Pigeon Racing – Chris Davies (Chair)<\/li>\n
      • Poverty – Kevin Hollinrake (Chair)<\/li>\n
      • Proportional Representation – Chuka Umunna (Chair)<\/li>\n
      • Saudi Arabia – Charlotte Leslie (Chair)<\/li>\n
      • Tanzania – Jeremy Lefroy (Chair)<\/li>\n
      • Water – Angela Smith (Chair)<\/li>\n
      • West Midlands – Ian Austin (Chair)<\/li>\n
      • White Ribbon Campaign UK – Gavin Newlands (Chair)<\/li>\n
      • Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire – Jason McCartney (Chair)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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        • Sue Jeffrey\u00a0<\/strong>has been announced as Labour’s candidate for Mayor of\u00a0Tees Valley.<\/strong><\/li>\n
        • Lesley Mansell\u00a0<\/strong>has been announced as Labour’s candidate for Mayor of\u00a0West of England.<\/strong><\/li>\n
        • Stephen Godfrey<\/strong> will stand down as Leader of\u00a0Winchester Council<\/strong> on Wednesday<\/strong>\u00a011th January.<\/strong><\/li>\n
        • Clare Coghill<\/strong> will become leader of Waltham Forest Council<\/strong> in May after she was elected as the new leader of the Labour group.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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          • Guy Verhofstadt<\/strong> has announced he will stand as a candidate for Presidency of the European Parliament for the\u00a0Alliance of Liberals and Democrats<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
          • Raymond Finch MEP\u00a0<\/strong>appointed Leader of the\u00a0UKIP\u00a0<\/strong>delegation in the European Parliament.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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            Party News<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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            • Roger Bird<\/strong> appointed Special Adviser to UKIP Leader Paul Nuttall.<\/li>\n
            • Victoria Ayling\u00a0<\/strong>appointed UKIP Tourism Spokesperson.<\/li>\n
            • Lisa Duffy\u00a0<\/strong>appointed UKIP Foreign Aid Spokesperson.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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              What’s happening in\u00a02017?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

              A ‘week is a long time in politics’, but there are some<\/em> things we can expect:<\/p>\n

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              • 17th January –\u00a0<\/strong>European Parliament Presidency election.<\/li>\n
              • TBC –\u00a0<\/strong>Copeland by-election<\/li>\n
              • TBC –\u00a0<\/strong>Liverpool, Walton by-election<\/li>\n
              • TBC –\u00a0<\/strong>Leigh by-election<\/li>\n
              • 8th March –\u00a0<\/strong>Spring Budget<\/li>\n
              • 17th – 18th March –\u00a0<\/strong>Conservative Party Spring Conference<\/li>\n
              • 17th – 19th March –\u00a0<\/strong>Liberal Democrat Spring Conference<\/li>\n
              • March –\u00a0<\/strong>expected triggering of Article 50<\/li>\n
              • 4th May –<\/strong> Local Elections (England, Wales, and Scotland)<\/li>\n
              • 4th May – \u00a0<\/strong>Metro Mayor elections: Greater Manchester, West Midlands, Liverpool, Sheffield City Region, West of England and Tees Valley.<\/li>\n
              • May\u00a0<\/strong>(date tbc) – State Opening of Parliament and Queen’s Speech<\/li>\n
              • 16th – 20th Sept –\u00a0<\/strong> Liberal Democrat Party Conference<\/li>\n
              • 24th – 27th Sept –\u00a0<\/strong>Labour Party Conference<\/li>\n
              • 1st – 4th Oct –\u00a0<\/strong>Conservative Party Conference<\/li>\n
              • 13th – 15th Oct –\u00a0<\/strong>Scottish National Party Conference<\/li>\n
              • TBC –\u00a0<\/strong>Autumn Budget<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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