Lord Bob Kerslake, a former head of the Civil Service, has died on the age of 68.
Lord Kerslake, who had been identified with most cancers, died on Saturday, his sister and daughter introduced on Twitter.
He led the Civil Service between January 2012 and September 2014, throughout David Cameron’s coalition authorities.
He had lately been working with the Labour Party on its preparations for the subsequent normal election.
At the time of Lord Kerslake’s appointment in 2012, Mr Cameron stated he would carry a “wealth of experience” to the function.
Lord Kerslake was additionally everlasting secretary on the Department for Communities and Local Government from 2010 to 2015 – he retained this function when he grew to become the head of the service.
Bath-born Lord Kerslake began his profession in native authorities with the Greater London Council, and was knighted within the 2005 New Year honours listing for companies to native authorities.
He served as chief government of the Sheffield City Council between 1997 and 2008, earlier than heading to the Homes and Communities Agency.
After leaving the Civil Service in 2015, Lord Kerslake grew to become chair of King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and chair of the board of governors at Sheffield Hallam University.
He was launched as a crossbench life peer within the House of Lords in 2015.
Following the information of his demise, senior Labour figures paid tribute, together with social gathering chief Sir Keir Starmer, who described Lord Kerslake as a “talented public servant, utmost professional, and a good man… rightly respected across Westminster for his experience and wisdom”.
The chairman of the FDA union, David Penman, stated he was “an engaging and committed leader of the Civil Service”.
