Former UK Civil Service Head Lord Bob Kerslake Dies at 68

Lord Bob Kerslake, the former head of the UK Civil Service, has died at the age of 68 after a battle with cancer.

He served as permanent secretary at the Department for Communities and Local Government from 2010 to 2015 and led the Civil Service between 2012 and 2014.

He was introduced as a crossbench life peer in the House of Lords in 2015 and was currently working with the Labour Party on its preparations for the next general election.

Kerslake had a distinguished career in local government, including serving as chief executive of Sheffield City Council and knighted in 2005 for services to local government.

He was also president of the Local Government Association from 2015 to 2021 and chaired the independent investigation into the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing.