Deputy Director, Local Government Reorganisation, MHCLG

Continuing Policy Fellow , Centre for Science and Policy

Beatrice has just taken on a new role leading Local Government Reorganisation at the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government. The first stage of that reorganisation is working with 21 two-tier areas to fully unitarise and establish new authorities by April 2028. This work programme also supports the government’s devolution agenda, establishing coherent constituent authorities for new Mayoral Strategic Authorities. Prior to taking on this new role, Beatrice led the group Spending Review bid for local growth, communities and devolution, including designing new funding architecture for local growth. She also held responsibility for a programme of work to radically simplify the way capital funding is distributed to local authorities and pave the way for a more mature relationship between central and local government.

Before joining MHCLG, Beatrice worked at the Cabinet Office, setting up the UK Policy Lab to bring design, data and digital methods to the civil service and bringing people and their experience directly into the policy-making process. Prior to that, Beatrice held a variety of roles including establishing one of the first Social Investment programmes in government, and as head of policy at the National Lottery Community Fund.