{"id":56762,"date":"2015-05-08T16:38:49","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T16:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=7609e2f8f1d6fb3439a0d1ddbd12982c"},"modified":"2015-05-08T16:38:49","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T16:38:49","slug":"press-release-resignations-from-government-8-may-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=56762","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Resignations from government: 8 May 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The Queen has approved the following resignations from government:<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"deputy-prime-minister-lord-president-of-the-council\">Deputy Prime Minister, Lord President of the Council<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"office-of-the-leader-of-the-house-of-commons\">Office of the Leader of the House of Commons<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>First Secretary of State, and Leader of the House of Commons \u2013 Rt Hon William Hague  <\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 Rt Hon Tom Brake MP and Assistant Government Whip<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"hm-treasury\">HM Treasury<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Chief Secretary to the Treasury \u2013 Rt Hon Danny Alexander <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"home-office\">Home Office<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Minister of State \u2013 Rt Hon Lynne Featherstone <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"ministry-of-justice\">Ministry of Justice<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Minister of State \u2013 Rt Hon Simon Hughes <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"department-for-business-innovation-and-skills\">Department for Business, Innovation and Skills<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills; and President of the Board of Trade \u2013 Rt Hon Dr Vincent Cable <\/li>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 Jo Swinson (jointly with the Department for Education)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"department-for-work-and-pensions\">Department for Work and Pensions<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Minister of State \u2013 Rt Hon Steve Webb <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"department-of-health\">Department of Health<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Minister of State \u2013 Rt Hon Norman Lamb MP<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"department-for-communities-and-local-government\">Department for Communities and Local Government<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 Stephen Williams <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"department-for-education\">Department for Education<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Minister of State \u2013 Rt Hon David Laws (jointly with the Cabinet Office)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"department-for-international-development\">Department for International Development<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 Baroness Northover<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"scotland-office\">Scotland Office<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Secretary of State for Scotland \u2013 Rt Hon Alistair Carmichael MP<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"department-of-energy-and-climate-change\">Department of Energy and Climate Change<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change \u2013 Rt Hon Edward Davey <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"department-for-transport\">Department for Transport<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Minister of State \u2013 Baroness Kramer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"wales-office\">Wales Office<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 Baroness Randerson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"department-for-environment-food-and-rural-affairs\">Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State \u2013 Dan Rogerson <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"office-of-the-advocate-general-for-scotland\">Office of the Advocate General for Scotland<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Advocate General for Scotland  \u2013 Rt Hon Lord Wallace of Tankerness QC (and Deputy Leader of the House of Lords) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"whips--house-of-commons\">Whips \u2013 House of Commons<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Deputy Chief Whip (Comptroller of HM Household) \u2013 Rt Hon Don Foster <\/li>\n<li>Assistant Government Whip \u2013 Lorely Burt <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"whips--house-of-lords\">Whips \u2013 House of Lords<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Deputy Chief Whip (Captain of The Queen\u2019s Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard) \u2013 Lord Newby OBE<\/li>\n<li>Baroness in Waiting \u2013 Baroness Garden of Frognal <\/li>\n<li>Baroness in Waiting \u2013 Baroness Jolly <\/li>\n<li>Lord in Waiting \u2013 Lord Wallace of Saltaire <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p>Read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/election-2015-prime-minister-and-ministerial-appointments\">Election 2015: Prime Minister and ministerial appointments<\/a> for updates on ministerial appointments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Queen has approved a number of resignations from government following the 2015 general election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56762"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56762\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}