By sarah.cliss@iliffepublishing.co.uk (Sarah Cliss) Simon Parker is to join Cambridgeshire County Council as its new service director: policy and communities, with a remit to develop and lead on cross cutting council policy and programmes, as well as working to develop and decentralise services, working with partners and residents. Simon, named as one of the UK’s 100 most influential people in local government by the Local Government Chronicle, is currently the director of transformation and policy capability at the Department for Education. He has a background as a think tank director and pol…