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EXCLUSIVE: Lord Kerslake calls for independent commission on social care

By Victor Smart | 15 December 2017

The former head of the Civil Service, Lord Bob Kerslake, has called for an independent commission...

Bid to lower age for pension enrolment

By Victor Smart | 14 December 2017

Cllr Kieran Quinn, chairman of Greater Manchester Pension Fund, has encouraged the Government to ...

GMPF 'confident of major investments'

By Victor Smart | 14 December 2017

The £45bn Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) remains confident that local authority pension f...

DCLG staff morale on the rise

By Victor Smart | 13 December 2017

The latest staff survey at the Department of Communities and Local Government shows morale has ri...

Councillors to get pay rise amid budget cuts

By Victor Smart | 12 December 2017

Norfolk CC has voted a big increase in councillors allowances at a time when services across the ...

Lord Kerslake resigns in protest at underfunded NHS and social care

By Victor Smart | 11 December 2017

Lord Kerslake has resigned as chair of one of the NHS' largest hospital trusts in a high-profile ...

RBKC exodus in six months since Grenfell

By Victor Smart | 05 December 2017

Six months after the Grenfell Tower fire, nearly half of the ruling Conservative group of council...