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Boris Johnson was at the centre of another cronyism row today after a Tory peer who led his leadership election campaign was appointed to lead Englands independent higher education regulator. Lord Wharton of Yarm was appointed as chairman of the Office for Students (OfS) on a £60,000 salary for a two-day week by Education Secretary Gavin Williamson. The former MP for Stockton South, 36, ran Mr Johnsons leadership campaign in 2019, working alongside Mr Williamson to install him in Downing Stree...

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Date Time Share Prime Minister has reappointed Professor Lynda Nead, Ben Elliot and Nigel Webb as Trustees of Victoria and Albert Museum Professor Lynda Nead Lynda is Pevsner Professor of History of Art at Birkbeck, University of London. She has published widely on the history of British art and culture, including studies of Victorian art and the city and, more recently, on the visual culture of post-war Britain. She is a Fellow of the British Academy and of the Royal Historical Society, a Mem...

News story The Prime Minister has reappointed Professor Lynda Nead, Ben Elliot and Nigel Webb as Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum Professor Lynda Nead has been reappointed for a two year period from 1st January 2021 to 31st December 2022. Ben Elliot and Nigel Webb have been reappointed for a four year period from 1st January 2021 to 31st December 2024. From: Professor Lynda Nead Lynda is Pevsner Professor of History of Art at Birkbeck, University of London. She has publishe...

    Tertiary Minerals plc, the AIM traded company building a multi-commodity project portfolio , held its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") today. All resolutions were passed with the exception of Resolution 5 (being the resolution to disapply pre-emption rights for share issues) which did not achieve the 75% majority of the votes required to pass. The meeting was held behind closed doors due to Covid-19 restrictions and all proxies received appointed the Ch...

Will is a Yorkshire based Chartered Accountant who for 25 years was a partner at Grant Thornton, retiring in 2007 as UK Senior Audit Partner. In the last 13 years he has held a number of non-executive board positions in the charitable and wider public sector. These include: Chair of Martin House Children’s Hospice (until 2017), board member of the Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board (until 2020) and Entrust, regulator of the Landfill Communities Fund (until 2015). Will is currently C...

News story HM The Queen has appointed Nick Hurd, Jacquie Nnochiri and Deborah Tavana as Board Members of the National Citizen Service Trust Nick Hurd, Jacquie Nnochiri and Deborah Tavana have been appointed by HM The Queen as Board Members of the National Citizen Service Trust for three years from 1st January 2021 to 31st December 2023. From: Nick Hurd Nick served as a Member of Parliament for fourteen years before standing down in December 2019. During that time he served three diff...

The Secretary of State has appointed Will Lifford as a Board Member of the Charity Commission Will Lifford has been appointed by the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as a Board Member of the Charity Commission for three years from 18th January 2021 to 17th January 2024. From: 22 January 2021 Will is a Yorkshire based Chartered Accountant who for 25 years was a partner at Grant Thornton, retiring in 2007 as UK Senior Audit Partner. In the last 13 years he has held a n...

Date Time Attorney General appoints Andrew T. Cayley as Chief Inspector of HMCPSI The Attorney General, the Rt. Hon. Suella Braverman QC MP has appointed Andrew T. Cayley CMG QC as Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI). As part of the recruitment process, Mr. Cayley was subject to a pre-appointment hearing with the Justice Select Committee on Thursday 14 January. The committee recommended Mr. Cayley’s appointment. He is expected to take up post...

/ The iconic Trump baby balloon has been acquired by the Museum of London ahead of Joe Biden’s inauguration tomorrow. (20th January). The Museum has recognised its significance in the protests that took place in London in July 2018 and June 2019 when protesters took to the streets on President Trump’s visits to the UK. Trump’s reaction was; “They Love Me In England.” The Trump Baby can now be consigned to history along with the man himself The over-sized balloon toured the world and ...