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Stuart Brook, director of social services at Nottingham Council, has decided to leave the council at the end of March after 10 years of service. He has not yet announced his next career plans.

The Cabinet Office has announced three new appointments to the Better Regulation Task Force. Adrian Askew, general secretary at the trade union Connect, Lynne Berry, chief executive at the GSCC, and Simon Murphy, chief executive at Birmingham Forward, will contribute towards trade union, consumer and European regulation. Victoria Younghusband, partner at law firm Lawrence Graham LLP, has been reappointed to the task force.