A good team of local government finance directors could easily sort out the problems in the NHS, a council leader has argued in the House of Lords.

Speaking in a House of Lords debate on the local government finance settlement yesterday, Richmond upon Thames LBC leader, Lord True, said: ‘Frankly, in my submission, a team of good local government finance directors, paid far less than top NHS bosses, could cut a swathe through the waste and inefficiency that is protected in the NHS while fully safeguarding services.'