Parliamentary private secretary appointments
- No 10: Prime minister Theresa May – George Hollingbery and Seema Kennedy.
- HM Treasury: Chancellor of the exchequer Philip Hammond – Kwasi Kwarteng; Ministerial team – Scott Mann.
- Home Office: Home secretary and minister for Women and Equalities Amber Rudd – Ed Argar; Minister of state Caroline Nokes – David Morris.
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Foreign secretary Boris Johnson – Conor Burns; Ministerial team – Robert Courts.
- Ministry of Defence: Defence secretary Gavin Williamson – Will Quince; Ministerial team – Anne Marie Trevelyan and Jack Lopresti.
- Ministry of Justice: Lord chancellor and justice secretary David Gauke – Peter Heaton Jones; Ministerial team – Julian Knight.
- Department for Education: Education secretary Damian Hinds – Simon Hoare; Ministerial team – Alex Chalk and David Warbuton.
- Department for Exiting the European Union: Secretary of state for Exiting the European Union David Davis – Gareth Johnson and Jeremy Quin.
- Department for International Trade: International trade secretary Liam Fox – Tom Pursglove; Ministerial team – Mike Wood.
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Business secretary Greg Clark – Alan Mak; Ministerial team – Mary Robinson.
- Department of Health and Social Care: Health secretary Jeremy Hunt – James Cartlidge; Ministerial team – Maggie Throup.
- Department for Work and Pensions: Work and pensions secretary Esther McVey – Huw Merriman; Ministerial team – Ranil Jayawardena.
- Department for Transport: Transport secretary Chris Grayling – James Heappey; Ministerial team – Chris Green.
- Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government: Housing secretary Sajid Javid – Chris Philp.
- Office of the Leader of the House of Commons: Leader of the House of Commons Andrea Leadsom – Victoria Prentis.
- Office of the Leader of the House of Lords: Leader of the House of Lords Baroness Evans of Bowes Park – Luke Hall.
- Scotland Office: Secretary of state for Scotland David Mundell – Alberto Costa.
- Wales Office: Secretary of state for Wales Alun Cairns – Glyn Davies; Ministerial team – Chris Davies.
- Northern Ireland Office: Secretary of state for Northern Ireland Karen Bradley – Matt Warman.
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Environment secretary Michael Gove – Kevin Hollinrake; Ministerial team – Rebecca Pow.
- Department for International Development: International development secretary Penny Mordaunt – Michael Tomlinson; Ministerial team – Craig Tracey.
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Culture secretary Matt Hancock – Nigel Huddleston.
- Cabinet Office: Minister for the Cabinet Office David Lidington – Kevin Foster.
- Attorney General’s Office: Attorney general Jeremy Wright – Michelle Donelan.
- Minister without Portfolio: Conservative Party chair Brandon Lewis – Helen Whately.
Houses of Parliament
- House of Commons: Environmental Audit Committee – Robert Goodwill and Philip Dunne appointed as members; Procedure Committee – David Evennett appointed as a member; Science and Technology Committee – Adam Holloway discharged and Damian Moore appointed as a member.
Government departments:
- Home Office: Commission for Countering Extremism – Sara Khan will become the new lead commissioner in February.
- Department for Education: David Meller stood down as non-executive board member and as chair of the Apprenticeship Delivery Board.
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Homes England – Julian Ashby stood down as chair of Regulation Committee.
- Department for Transport: Transport for the North – Barry White became chief executive of the body, which comes into force on 1 April.
Parties
- Labour Party: Lord McAvoy elected as Chief Whip in the Lords; Lord Mendelsohn was asked to resign as opposition spokesperson for business, energy and industrial strategy and for international trade.
- Sinn Féin: Mary Lou McDonald elected as president.
- UK Independence Party: Resignations of Margot Parker as deputy leader; Mike Hookem as assistant deputy leader; Star Anderton as spokesperson for disabilities; David Meacock as spokesperson for culture; Gerard Batten as spokesperson for Brexit; John Bickley as spokesperson for immigration; David Sprason as spokesperson for work and pensions; Peter Whittle as spokesperson for London; David Kurten as spokesperson for education; Tim Aker as spokesperson for local government; William Dartmouth as spokesperson for trade; Jonathon Bullock as spokesperson for energy.
Devolved authorities
- Northern Ireland Government: Denis McMahon to become permanent secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, replacing Noel Lavery; Noel Lavery to become permanent secretary of the Department for the Economy, replacing Andrew McCormick; Andrew McCormick to become director general of international relations; Sue Gray to become permanent secretary of the Department of Finance; Hugh Widdis to become departmental solicitor and head of the Government Legal Service in Northern Ireland.
- Welsh Government: Peter Halligan appointed to the post of chief scientific adviser for Wales.
Local authorities: by-election result 25 January
- Isle of Wight Council – Steve Hastings elected for Central Wight – Conservative hold.
Interest groups
- Improvement Service: Colin Mair to retire as chief executive on 31 March.
- Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations: Anna Fowlie appointed as chief executive.
- Action for Children: Tony Hawkhead to retire as chief executive in February, and Carol Iddon will replace him.
Consultancies
- Cicero – Robert O’Reilly has joined as director.