Reshuffle ‘not a great example’ of leadership

The government departments responsible for skills and business are to merge, just two years after they were created.

The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) are to come together once more to form the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) to be headed by Lord Mandelson.
 

It’s untenable to have a normal retirement age in public-sector schemes that is significantly different from the state retirement age

Brian Bailey, Director of pensions, West Midlands Pension Fund and member of High Pay Commission