Senior civil servant Dame Louise Casey has announced she will be leaving government in the summer after an 18-year Whitehall career.
President of the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives, Jo Miller, described her as the ‘stand out civil servant of her generation and a great friend to local government’.
Local Government Association chief executive, Mark Lloyd, tweeted: 'For passion & impact, Louise Casey is Number 1.'
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