Kerslake Takes £50k Pay Cut to Join CLG

Sir Bob Kerslake will take a pay cut of more than £50,000 when he takes up his position as permanent secretary at the CLG. The chief executive of the HCA will start his new post on 1 November. His basic salary at the CLG will be £170,000, a drop from his basic wage of £223,000 at the HCA. Both salaries come with a package of benefits. The CLG wage had to be signed off by the Treasury and is a decrease from the £185,000 a year paid to previous CLG permanent secretary Peter Housden. Read more on Inside Housing.