Victor Smart
EXCLUSIVE: Lord Kerslake calls for independent commission on social care
The former head of the Civil Service, Lord Bob Kerslake, has called for an independent commission on health and social care to open up the debate on funding care with the public.
GMPF ‘confident of major investments’
The £45bn Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) remains confident that local authority pension funds will make further big investments in infrastructure projects in the UK despite professional advisers’ warnings to councils about the uncertainties of Brexit and the possibility of a Corbyn-led government.
Bid to lower age for pension enrolment
Cllr Kieran Quinn, chairman of Greater Manchester Pension Fund, has encouraged the Government to lower the age for auto-enrolment of workers into employer pension schemes from 22 to 18 years old.
DCLG staff morale on the rise
The latest staff survey at the Department of Communities and Local Government shows morale has risen markedly, although scarcely one in five employees believes the department manages change well.
Councillors to get pay rise amid budget cuts
Norfolk CC has voted a big increase in councillors allowances at a time when services across the county are facing cuts.
Lord Kerslake resigns in protest at underfunded NHS and social care
Lord Kerslake has resigned as chair of one of the NHS' largest hospital trusts in a high-profile protest at the underfunding of the health service and the way that it is organised.
RBKC exodus in six months since Grenfell
Six months after the Grenfell Tower fire, nearly half of the ruling Conservative group of councillors in Kensington & Chelsea RLBC are leaving or being deselected.