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DARK SECRETS: Bob kerslake - The Real Truth

Revealed: Labour-run council using legal loophole to serve families with no-fault evictions

Exclusive: London council created an arm’s-length body to manage some of its housing stock

The Guardian - UK

Eric Pickles urged to quit as Tory peer over Grenfell inquiry criticism

Emma Dent Coad, who was Kensington MP at time of fire, says former housing secretary should ‘have grace to resign’

The Guardian - UK

House of Beckham by Tom Bower review – a symphony of snide

With little fresh detail on show, this biography offers instead a masterclass in insinuation and class-coded curiosities

The Guardian - UK

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Government will fail to end rough sleeping by deadline, says expert group

The Kerslake Commission on Homelessness and Rough Sleeping said the goal of 2024 will not be met.

The Independent UK

We must bridge the gap between local councils and the Whitehall elite

Letters: Following Polly Toynbee’s appreciation of Bob Kerslake, Jane Roberts and David Griffiths describe the gulf between local and central government

The Guardian - UK

We laid Bob Kerslake to rest this week. Think of him – and give the civil service the respect it deserves

Whitehall is not perfect, but neither is it the Blob demonised by the right, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Letter: Lord Kerslake obituary

Darryl Telles writes: He was simply the most committed chief executive I have worked with

The Guardian - UK

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Letter: Lord Kerslake obituary

Peter Moore writes: His reform of the council’s dysfunctional structures earned him the nickname of ‘the Hounslow axeman’

The Guardian - UK

Lord Kerslake obituary

Former head of the civil service, prominent figure in local government and a regular media political commentator

The Guardian - UK

Man who led review into Manchester Arena attack Lord Bob Kerslake dead at 68

Lord Kerslake has died after ‘a short battle with cancer’, his family has said

Manchester Evening News

Tributes paid to ‘true public servant’ Lord Kerslake after peer dies

Lord Bob Kerslake has died after ‘a short battle with cancer’, his family has said

Evening Standard

Lord Kerslake: Tributes paid to ‘true public servant’ after death announced

Lord Bob Kerslake has died after ‘a short battle with cancer’, his family has said.

The Independent UK

Bob Kerslake, former head of the UK civil service, dies aged 68

Politicians including David Cameron and Keir Starmer pay tribute to crossbench peer

The Guardian - UK

£250m 'walkable neighbourhood' boasting 1,200 homes and shops next to Stockport Viaduct moves step closer

Stockport 8 proposals have been put forward and could be built by 2027

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The Guardian - UK

Conspiracy theories about Sue Gray’s job with Labour are absurd – here’s why

I worked closely with Gray and she is the ultimate professional, says former head of the civil service Bob Kerslake

The Guardian - UK

Ministers creating ‘wild west’ conditions with use of personal phones

Unsecured mobiles, email accounts and WhatsApp chats could pose national security risk, intelligence experts warn

Birmingham Post

Former Civil Service head Lord Kerslake to chair BCP Council urban generation firm

The senior parliamentary figure will lead the board of FuturePlace, which has been created to deliver multi-billion development plans for homes and jobs creation in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP)

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After high profile sacking, UK civil servants fear for jobs under Truss

"Speaking truth unto power" has long been the motto of Britain's civil service, but now some government workers charged with offering ministers impartial advice whatever their party are fearful of their political bosses and are keeping quiet.

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Bring back eviction ban or face ‘catastrophic’ homelessness crisis, ministers told

Sir Bob Kerslake calls on government to protect at-risk tenants as it did during pandemic

The Independent UK

Government told to reinstate eviction ban during cost-of-living crisis

The Government must take a ‘two-pronged’ approach to get people off the streets and ensure vulnerable tenants do not end up on them, a report says.

The Guardian - UK

Peabody Trust accused of failing to offer tenants suitable alternative homes

Nineteen tenants living in south London estate that is being demolished say homes offered to them are unaffordable and too far away

The Guardian - UK

Right to buy put homes in the hands of landlords. Rehashing it will do the same

Rather than revive the policy that lost 40% of council homes to private rentals, Johnson should build more affordable housing, says Peabody housing association chair, Bob Kerslake

Manchester Evening News

In the shadow of one of Greater Manchester's most iconic landmarks, a new community will soon emerge

It is the latest site to be brought forward under plans to create a 4,000-home ‘urban village’ within the Town Centre West regeneration zone.

Manchester Evening News

It took police years to admit Arena bomb failings - and there are still big questions for GMP

The force has belatedly apologised for a breakdown in communications but five years on bereaved families believe GMP is 'trying to completely offload responsibility' by blaming one officer

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