UK Government
Prime Minister's Office
The Right Reverend Sophie Jelley appointed as bishop of Coventry, succeeding The Right Reverend Dr Christopher Cocksworth following his appointment as dean of Windsor.
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport: National Archives – Nigel Barker and Lopa Patel appointed as board members from 1 January 2025 until 31 December 2029.
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Adaptation Committee of the Climate Change Committee – Professor Chris Evans and Dr Marina Romanello appointed as members until 31 October 2027; Professor Hayley Fowler appointed as member from 1 February 2025 until 31 January 2028.
- Department of Health and Social Care: Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority – Tom Fowler, Rosamund Scott, Anya Sizer and Stephen Troup appointed as members for three years; Zeynep Gurtin, Alex Kafetz, Alison McTavish and Geeta Nargund re-appointed as members for three years from 1 April 2025; Frances Flinter and The Right Reverend Graham James re-appointed as members for three years from 1 May 2025. Independent Reconfiguration Panel – Mark Cheetham appointed as clinical member for four years until 31 October 2028.
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Homes England – Peter Freeman to stand down as chair later next year; Peter Denton to stand down as chief executive in the new year. Regulator of Social Housing – John Liver appointed as chair of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee until 31 October 2028; Robert Light and appointed as non-executive director until 31 October 2027.
- Ministry of Justice – Susannah Hancock to lead an independent review of the placement of girls in the children and young people’s secure estate. Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service – Catherine Doran and Mandy Jones re-appointed as members for one year until 13 May 2026; Rohan Sivanandan’s tenure extended from 24 December until 30 June 2025.
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Ofcom – Tamara Ingram appointed as deputy chair for four years from 1 December; Lord Allan of Hallam appointed as non-executive director for four years.
- Non-Ministerial Departments: Food Standards Agency – Susan Jebb re-appointed as chair for three years from 1 January 2025 until 31 December 2027.
Houses of Parliament
House of Commons
Environmental Audit Committee – Pippa Heylings added.
Northern Ireland Affairs Committee – Gavin Robinson added.
Petitions Committee – David Baines added.
Procedure Committee – James Asser, Bambos Charalambous, Christopher Chope, Graeme Downie, Mary Kelly Foy, Gill Furniss, Tracy Gilbert, Gurinder Singh Josan, Frank McNally, Lee Pitcher and Michael Wheeler added.
Committee of Public Accounts – Clive Betts added.
Scottish Affairs Committee – Stephen Flynn added.
Welsh Affairs Committee – Ben Lake added.
House of Lords
- Baroness Morgan of Cotes was Conservative, now non-affiliated.
- Lord Benyon appointed as Lord chamberlain and Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) on 4 November.
- Ecclesiastical Committee – Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean added.
- Delegations to parliamentary assemblies: UK Delegation to NATO Parliamentary Assembly – Derek Twigg appointed as leader; Stuart Anderson, Lord Beamish, Kevin Bonavia, Nesil Caliskan, Juliet Campbell, Lord Dodds of Duncairn, Richard Foord, Lord Fox, Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton, Baroness Kingsmill, Emma Lewell-Buck, Gordon McKee, Yasmin Qureshi, Lucy Rigby, Tim Roca, Alec Shelbrooke and Lord Spellar appointed as members.
Parties
Conservatives
Devolved Administrations
Scottish Parliament
- Economy and Fair Work Committee – Daniel Johnson added; Claire Baker discharged.
- Education, Children and Young People Committee – Jackie Dunbar added; Stephanie Callaghan discharged.
- Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee – Kevin Stewart added; Jackie Dunbar discharged.
Local Authorities
- Gloucestershire County Council – Pete Bungard to retire as chief executive from 4 May 2025.
- Redbridge Council – Adrian Loades to retire as Interim chief executive in January 2025.
- Stevenage Borough Council – Matt Partridge to retire as chief executive in the new year.
- West Berkshire Council – Joseph Holmes appointed as Interim chief executive from 7 November.
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