Government departments
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: UK Government Investments – Tom Cooper and Candida Morley joined as directors, and Michael Harrison and Henry Lloyd have been promoted to become directors; UK Research and Innovation – Jennifer Rubin appointed as executive chair from 1 April, Harpal Kumar as innovation champion; Pubs Code Adjudicator – Fiona Dickie appointed as deputy pubs code adjudicator from 1 November.
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Antony Phillipson has been appointed Her Majesty’s consul general in New York and director-general of international yrade North America; Martin Longden has been appointed as the UK's special envoy to Syria in succession to Gareth Bayley; Kate Airey has been appointed British high commissioner to the Republic of Namibia.
- Department for Education: Richard Pennycook to be lead non-executive board member; Maria Caulfield MP, Stephen Metcalfe MP and Trudy Harrison MP named as apprenticeship ambassadors; Helen Grant MP replaced Nus Ghani MP as chair of the Apprenticeship Diversity Champions Network; Trudy Harrison MP appointed as co-chair of the Apprenticeship Delivery Board; Dominique Unsworth has been appointed as an SME ambassador.
Houses of Parliament
- House of Lords: Baroness Trumpington (Conservative, life peer) retired; Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee – Baroness Blackstone replaced Baroness Gould of Potternewton as a member; Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 Committee – Lord Cavendish of Furness replaced Baroness Scott of Bybrook as a member.
- House of Commons: Jared O’Mara suspended from the Labour Party; Women and Equalities Committee – Jared O’Mara resigned as a member; Backbench Business Committee – Chris Davies replaced Rehman Chishti as a member; Procedure Committee – Dan Carden and Bambos Charalambous appointed as members; Welsh Affairs Committee – Stephen Kinnock and Liz Saville Roberts appointed as members; Work and Pensions Committee – Emma Dent Coat replaced Marsha De Cordova as a member.
Parties
- UK Independence Party: David Kurten reappointed as spokesperson for education and apprenticeships.
Local Authorities: by-election results 26 October
- Tameside Council – David Mills elected for Droylsden East – Labour hold.
- Kirklees Council – Habiban Zaman elected for Batley East – Labour hold.
- Derbyshire Dales Council – Dermot Murphy elected for Ashbourne South – Conservative hold.
- Charnwood Council – Mary Draycott and Colin Hamilton elected for Loughborough Hastings – Labour hold.
- Herefordshire Council – Stuart Anderson elected for Kings Acre – Conservative gain from It’s Our Country.
- Mid Sussex Council – Rex Whittaker elected for East Grinstead Imberhorne – Conservative hold.
Corporates
- HS2 Ltd – Chief financial officer Steve Allen to stand down in March.
- Energy UK – Lord Hutton announced as the new chair.
Media
- ITV – Mary Fagan to stand down as group communications and public affairs chief at the end of the year.
Interest Groups
- RNIB – Acting chief executive Sally Harvey has been given the role on a permanent basis.
- Public Concern at Work – Francesca West to replace Cathy James as chief executive.
- The Brazelton Centre UK – Madeleine Cassidy appointed as chief executive.