In exclusive pictures, Sadiq Khan can be seen getting out of a Range Rover parked on Upper Street in Islington, North London, yesterday morning. A second vehicle is also parked on the road.
Latest civil service & public affairs moves May 17
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People
Government departments
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – Lord Benyon appointed as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Rural Affairs and Biosecurity), replacing Lord Gardiner.
Sea Fish Industry Authority – Michael Sheldon appointed as Chair and Jeff Halliwell as Deputy Chair.
Department for Health and Social Care – Thomas Waite appointed as Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England on an interim basis for the next year.
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy – Vikas Shah and Stephen Hill appointed as non-executive board members.
Sadiq Khan promotes three young women to top team after four directors quit City Hall Ross Lydall
Sadiq Khan has rebuilt his top team at City Hall by promoting three dynamic young women after losing four of his most senior aides.
Mr Khan’s four mayoral directors – Paddy Hennessy, Leah Kreitzman, Nick Bowes and Jack Stenner - used the end of his first mayoral term to depart their £120,000-a-year jobs.
Today he appointed Ali Picton as mayoral director for operations, Sarah Brown as mayoral director for communications and Felicity Appleby as mayoral director for political and public affairs.
Each is in their thirties and renowned for their intelligence, political insight and loyalty to Mr Khan, who often emphasises the importance of having a close-knit group of advisers and building a “’Team London’ spirit”.