Latest civil service & public affairs moves April 26
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People
Government departments
Johnny Mercer left his role as parliamentary under-secretary of state (minister for defence people and veterans), Ministry of Defence and Cabinet Office.
Leo Docherty appointed as parliamentary under-secretary of state (minister for defence people and veterans), Ministry of Defence and Cabinet Office (formerly assistant government whip).
David Duguid appointed as assistant government whip, remaining as parliamentary under-secretary of state, Scotland Office (formerly government whip).
Alan Mak appointed as government whip.
Home Office – Martin Levermore appointed as Windrush independent adviser. Roy Wilsher appointed as Independent expert adviser on fire and rescue service reform.
Not everyone stayed to help. When a crisis happens in America, we run to the rescue. Everybody runs to the rescue, said Will Wallace. But then I had to say to myself, what s the aftermath? Who s going to keep it going?
Wallace, director of youth programs at Emerge Community Development in north Minneapolis, stood in a room crowded with everything his neighbors might need to make it through the week. Cans of soup, bags of onions, stacks of cleaning products and diapers, warm clothes, school supplies.
These were the sort of donations that came flooding in over the summer, piling high at drop-off sites between the shattered grocery stores and burned-out gas stations along Broadway. Volunteers showed up with brooms to sweep broken glass off the sidewalks; people brought gift cards at struggling shops and donated to North Side nonprofits. But public attention shifted to the next crisis of 2020 and the one after that and the one after that.
2020 in New Jersey: A look back at the turbulent year in photos
Updated Dec 30, 2020;
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How it started.
Here’s the thing about 2020: Can you even
remember how it started? How the world, in your own backyard or all over the planet, looked when 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 31, 2019, came and went and we hopefully turned the calendars to a new year?
Think back to January.
James Carey, the acting executive director of the New Jersey Lottery, demonstrates how to win prizes while in the Ca$hnado globe for 30 seconds during the New Jersey Lottery s 50th Anniversary celebration held at Bridgewater Commons Mall, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020. The differently colored confetti was worth different prizes and Carey grabbed one worth a $5 scratch-off ticket, although he didn t keep his, and $50,000 worth of prizes were given away.Aristide Economopoulos | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
“About a quarter (27%) of the public remains vaccine hesitant, saying they probably or definitely would not get a COVID-19 vaccine even if it were available for free and deemed safe by scientists. Vaccine hesitancy is highest among Republicans (42%), those ages 30-49 (36%), and rural residents (35%),” the poll analysis reports.
“Importantly, 35% of Black adults (a group that has borne a disproportionate burden of the pandemic) say they definitely or probably would not get vaccinated, as do one-third of those who say they have been deemed essential workers and three in ten (29%) of those who work in a health care delivery setting,” Kaiser writes.
“About a quarter (27%) of the public remains vaccine hesitant, saying they probably or definitely would not get a COVID-19 vaccine even if it were available for free and deemed safe by scientists. Vaccine hesitancy is highest among Republicans (42%), those ages 30-49 (36%), and rural residents (35%),” the poll analysis reports.
“Importantly, 35% of Black adults (a group that has borne a disproportionate burden of the pandemic) say they definitely or probably would not get vaccinated, as do one-third of those who say they have been deemed essential workers and three in ten (29%) of those who work in a health care delivery setting,” Kaiser writes.