Sentences with phrase «head of the civil service sir»

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Conservative MP Douglas Carswell has written to the head of the civil service, Sir Gus O'Donnell, to complain after it emerged Harriet Harman had used the trips to arrange meetings with local party officials.

The move tears up reforms introduced by Mr Cameron in 2011, when he split the roles of Cabinet Secretary, head of the Home Civil Service and permanent secretary at the Cabinet Office on the retirement of Sir Gus O'Donnell - now Lord O'Donnell - but Downing Street rejected suggestions that it was a mark that the previous changes had failed.

The role of head of the home civil service will be handed to Downing Street's top official, Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood, and the new chief executive will report to him once appointed.

Sir Bob Kerslake is to step down as head of the Civil Service in the autumn and will retire as permanent secretary of the Department for Communities and Local Government next February, Downing Street has announced.

The change comes as Sir Bob Kerslake announced his plan to step down as head of the home civil service in the autumn and to retire as permanent secretary of the Department for Communities and Local Government in February 2015.

[1][2] His post was then split into three positions: he was succeeded as Cabinet Secretary by Sir Jeremy Heywood, as Head of the Home Civil Service by Sir Bob Kerslake (in a part - time role), and as Permanent Secretary in the Cabinet Office by Ian Watmore.

Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood, who is also head of the Civil Service, has said that he has «no doubt» that it is «well - equipped» to deliver Brexit.

Morgan also announced that the outgoing head of the home civil service, Sir Bob Kershaw, will conduct a review of Birmingham council's corporate culture.