Chris Whitehouse, a political consultant and expert on medical technology policy and regulation at Whitehouse Communications, looks at the changing faces coming and going in the new Government.
Lord Patrick Vallance has quit his post as Science Minister ahead of the coming Cabinet reshuffle.
Lord Vallance, served as the Chief Scientific Adviser from 2018 to 2023, was made a Member of the House of Lords by Sir Keir Starmer in July 2024 and appointed to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology on Labour’s 2024 election victory.
Vallance said: “After nearly a decade in Government I am stepping down as a minister, for personal reasons. It has been a privilege to serve as the chief scientific adviser and, more recently, science minister and minister for nuclear.
“I wish Andy Burnham and the new team in No 10 well and I will continue to advise and help them in a-non ministerial capacity.”
Lord Vallance has also resigned from a separate but related role he held at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
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