Dame Helen Ghosh has announced she is to step down as permanent secretary at the Home Office to become the new director general of the National Trust (NT).

It follows a career spanning more than 30 years in the Civil Service, with Dame Helen set to replace outgoing NT director general Dame Fiona Reynolds.

Dame Helen said: "The work of the National Trust is something that is very close to my heart and this was a rare opportunity to lead a major voluntary organisation which I could not allow to pass by."

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