Lancashire rejects Morecambe Bay unitary proposal
Plans for Lancaster City Council to form a new unitary authority with two neighbouring authorities in Cumbria have been dealt a major setback after being turned down by Lancashire CC, which says it will only consider such a proposal in the future at the same time as reorganisation for the whole of the county.
The ‘Morecambe Bay’ unitary proposal - which would see Lancaster merge with Barrow BC and South Lakeland DC in Cumbria – is one of four Cumbrian reorganisation proposals currently being consulted on, alongside other unitarisation plans being considered in North Yorkshire and Somerset.
Liverpool shuns arrested ex-mayor’s demand to cover legal costs
Liverpool City Council has refused to meet the legal costs of former elected mayor Joe Anderson who was arrested on suspicion of bribery and witness intimidation.
Mr Anderson said earlier this week that he had asked the council to meet his legal costs defending the allegations arising from his December arrest in Merseyside Police’s Operation Aloft.
A statement issued for Mr Anderson said: “The legal costs indemnity is set out as part of the council’s constitution and has been provided to other members and officers in similar circumstances.
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Latest civil service & public affairs moves February 22
New appointments in the civil service, UK politics, and public affairs, via our colleagues at Dods People
Government departments
Cabinet Office – Lord Frost to become minister of state on 1st March, as a full member of cabinet.
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: BBC – Richard Sharp approved as chair of the board.
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee – Geoff Thompson appointed as deputy chair and Ama Agbeze as board member.
National Lottery Community Fund – Blondel Cluff appointed as chair, replacing Tony Burton who had been in the role on an interim basis.
British Film Institute – Tim Richards announced as chair, replacing Pat Butler who had been in the role on an interim basis.
CAMPAIGNERS are calling for Lancashire County Council to reverse what they say are cuts to care workers pay. The UNISON North West led campaign says that the council s decision in 2019 to impose a flat pay rate on sleep rates , meaning pay covering overnight workers when they find themselves needing to sleep, rather than the national minimum wage amounts to a pay cut. The move against this decision has been prompted in part by the work that carers have done during the pandemic, which has already required them to put in hours of unpaid work. A UNISON North West spokesperson said: We have worked on the frontline throughout the pandemic and risked our own lives to care for the community for low wages.