🔴 Lord Bob Kerslake, former Civil Service chief, dies from cancer aged 68
, the former head of the Civil Service, has died from cancer aged 68, his family said in a statement.
“Bob was a talented public servant, utmost professional, and a good man. He was rightly respected across Westminster for his experience and wisdom, and I’m grateful for his recent contributions to the Labour Party. Sincere condolences to his family,” he wrote on Twitter. Ros Kerslake thanked those offering tributes on Sunday, saying she would “pass them on to his wife Anne and their children. I know he will be much missed by everyone but most of all by his family”.
Lord Kerslake was also Permanent Secretary of the Department for Communities and Local Government between 2010 and 2015, and served as chair of King’s College hospital NHS foundation trust before resigning in 2017 in protest at Government underfunding of hospitals.
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