New DG at DOG

摘要

The DCLG has appointed Helen Edwards, a senior Ministry of Justice civil servant, as its director-general for localism in succession to David Prout, who left the department to head the High Speed 2 rail programme at the start of this year. Ms Edwards, who was director-general for criminal justice, will also take on the role of deputy permanent secretary. Originally trained as a social worker for East Sussex CC, Ms Edwards enjoyed an 18-year career working with crime reduction charily Nacro, where she became chief executive.