Latest civil service & public affairs moves – August 30

Government departments

• Cabinet Office: Senior Salaries Review Body – Pippa Lambert re-appointed as a member for three years from 12 October. Sir Adrian Johns’ appointment as a member extended for eleven-months from 1 September.
• Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Information Commissioner’s Office – John Edwards announced as the government's preferred nominee to be the next information commissioner. The appointment is subject to approval by the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, followed by approval by the Queen.
• Department of Health and Social Care: NHS England – Professor Charlotte McArdle appointed as deputy chief nursing officer for patient safety and improvement.
• Department for International Trade – New trade envoys appointed: Lord Botham appointed to Australia; Marco Longhi MP appointed to Brazil; Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP appointed to Cameroon, in addition to his role as trade envoy to Egypt; Conor Burns MP appointed to Canada; Baroness Hoey appointed to Ghana; Felicity Buchan MP appointed to Iceland and Norway; David Mundell MP appointed to New Zealand; Mark Eastwood MP appointed to Pakistan; Stephen Timms MP appointed to Switzerland and Liechtenstein; Lord Walney appointed to Tanzania
• Ministry of Justice: Criminal Cases Review Commission – Helen Pitcher re-appointed as chair for five years from 1 November to 31 October 2026. Crown Office – Lt Gen Sir George Norton appointed as Lieutenant of Her Majesty's Tower of London, replacing Lt Gen Sir Simon Vincent Mayal.

Houses of Parliament

New All-Party Groups added to 25 August Register:

• Action on Conflict and Global Britain
• Arctic and Nordic Councils
• Black Maternal Health
• Boys' Brigade
• Financial Resilience
• Haiti
• Indo-Pacific
• London as a Global City
• Magnitsky Sanctions
• Reserves and Cadets
• Stroke

Political parties

Scottish Liberal Democrats

• Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP confirmed as new leader.

Devolved administrations

Welsh Government

• Cwmni Egino – Dr John Idris Jones appointed as chair and Mike Tynan appointed as interim chief executive.

Police and crime commissioners

• Philip Wilkinson elected as police and crime commissioner for Wiltshire, taking office on 26 August.

Industry

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Interest groups

• Churches Conservation Trust – Carol Pyrah re-appointed as a nember for three years until 31 March 2024.

Regulators

• Independent Press Standards Organisation – Lord Triesman appointed as chair of the Independent Appointments Panel from 7 September, succeeding Sir Hayden Phillips.

Trade Unions

• Unite – Sharon Graham elected as leader.