Sad death of Dame Lesley Strathie
After joining the senior civil service in 2000 Leslie became the Department for Work and Pensions’ London field director in 2001; chief operating officer of JobCentre Plus (which she had helped create) in 2003.
From 2005 she was simultaneously chief executive of JobCentre Plus; Second Permanent Secretary at the DWP; and head of profession for operational delivery in the civil service.
Our condolences go out to her family
