To start this morning, is this from the Star spotted by Regular Reader:
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New info toward the end of the piece.
“It comes as Rotherham Council announced two interim replacements for Joyce Thacker following her departure last week. Jane Palfreman, director of Safeguarding Children and Families and Dorothy Smith, director of Schools and Lifelong Learning, are taking responsibility for the Children and Young Person’s Department until a full-time replacement is found.”
and :
http://www.ukip.org/ukip_south_yorkshire_police_and_crime_commissioner_candidate_announced
UKIP Choose their PCC Candidate:
http://www.rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk/news/96879/ukip-choose-crime-chief-candidate.aspx
Yorkshire Post:
Ed Miliband’s Conference speech:
http://www.labour.org.uk/blog/entry/2014-labour-conference-speech
Labour promise ‘victims’ law’ in wake of Rotherham scandal
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Rotherham Politics 
The Star says that the report will be discussed at the RMBC Cabinet meeting today; the meeting agenda is up on the RMBC website along with the minutes of the previous meeting. It doesn’t appear that the meeting is being Webcast. Looks like that attempt at open democracy is over.
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Yes I agree if this is the case
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see http://www.rotherham.public-i.tv/core/portal/webcasts
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At last Thacker admits the obvious.
Sadiq khan justice minister mentions
rochdale and rovrum in his keynote speech to party conf.
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Sadiq Khan is the shadow Justice Secretary – until perhaps next year’s Parliamentary Election .
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THe UKIP PCC candidate appears to be this Sheffield Councillor : http://sheffielddemocracy.moderngov.co.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=11393
Interesting to know what Police Force employed him.
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More on Jack Clarkson – seems like a good and very positive/active Councillor:
https://www.facebook.com/ukipstocksbridge
ex-LibDem then independent – and respected:
http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1058763
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I can say from personal experience that Jack Clarkson is everything Shaun Wright wasn’t/isn’t. Firstly, he is absolutely open and honest!!. He has good experience of policing at grass roots level and to my knowledge he retired well before these terrible happenings in Rotherham occurred. He will also have first hand knowledge of the refusal by Local Authority Social Services, as was, to co-operate and often obstruct the police in investigating such terrible crimes as CSE. He will therefore continue to improve the collaboration of the 2 services to deal with these offences in the proper manner.
I cannot think of a better man for the job and I know he would have the common sense to step down immediately should a future government decide to scrap this questionable post of PCC.
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Anonymous,
[Clarkson] “joined South Yorkshire Police in 1976 and retired as an inspector at Deepcar in Sheffield in 2006.
He held a temporary post in Wath-upon-Dearne, Rotherham, during the 1984-5 miners strike.”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-29344540
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One of the comments on the ‘Star’ page::
“Just to add some facts to the story that the star knows.
Labour council has agreed all who’ve resigned (so far) will keep their civil servant pension.
2/3rds of final salary paid from age of 55.
Joyce’s pension will be about £77,000
For Shaun this is about £56,000 a year.
But I’m sure ‘common purpose’ will find her another job in another Labour stronghold very soon”
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/local/joyce-thacker-s-final-report-reveals-rotherham-s-ongoing-child-sex-exploitation-problems-1-6856324.
Can anyone confirm if this is true?
If it is then Lakin and Collins will be on the receiving end of my emails.
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Colin, there is a reply to that Star comment – click on the little “reply” link.
It reads:
“Oh to be a Civil Servant
Joyce Thacker was not a Civil Servant. She was a Local Government employee so had less favourable conditions of service. Up until 2008 it was based on 1/80th of final annual salary, then from 2008 to March 2014 it was based on 1/60th of final salary and now it has changed again to be based on average earnings not final salary
Shaun Wright is 46. His Pension is frozen until he reaches usual retirement age ie 65. He could apply to access it from age 55 but would lose a large proportion of his pension. Don’t even know what pension scheme he was eligible to join as P&CC
No idea how old Joyce Thacker is so don’t know if she got a pension before she left the Council or not but if she didn’t it will be frozen until age 65 with reduced access from age 55
I doubt either will get the pension amounts you give in the post above”
I suspect that much of the information in that comment is more likely to be accurate.
Even Civil Service pension rules have had recent changes.
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Thank you for the info.
Very useful.
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Just testing – tried t post comments on CP Thread. Couldn’t. Not saying their is a conspiracy like lol.
SKT xxxx
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Update on my last comments:
LGPS-Local Government Pension Scheme.
LGPS 2014 – ‘AT A GLANCE’
CHANGES APPLY FROM APRIL 2014
All pensions in payment or built up before April 2014 will be protected. If you are currently in receipt of a pension or have left with a deferred pension these changes do not affect you. If you are currently a contributing scheme member your pre April 2014 pension will still be based on final salary at retirement and the current Normal Pension Age.
http://www.lgps.org.uk/lge/aio/17364665
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Hi Colin – that is what one would expect. You can’t change scheme rules (or laws) retrospectively.
I’ve had a look through the http://www.lgps.org.uk/ site and can’t find anything that related to the statement ” Up until 2008 it was based on 1/80th of final annual salary, then from 2008 to March 2014 it was based on 1/60th of final salary”, but I quickly lost patience with the site – it seemed to make me run round in circles. Even the page you linked tois pretty opaque in its terminology, and it’s glossary seemed no help at all, nor the FAQ page…
And look here: http://www.cumbria-pcc.gov.uk/media/28715/045-14%20-%20Local%20Government%20Pension%20Scheme%20-%20Pension%20Discretions%20v2%20Combined.pdf
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A recent tweet by Dan Jarvis MP – you can see it on this page, says that Canon Dr Alan Billings is the Labour candidate for PCC. A quick google on his name, led to this information:
Canon Dr Alan Billings is a retired Anglican priest who has served at several churches including in Sheffield where he was the Deputy Leader of the City Council.
Canon Dr Alan Billings was one of 4 short listed Labour party candidates for South Yorkshire Police Crime Commissioner last time around, along with Kash Walayat and Meredydd Hughes … and some ____ who got in.
and also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Billings
and hear :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00v378z
Looks like both UKIP and Labour will have really good candidates this time round. We are owed it
Will the Tories put someone up, or anyone else stand?
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Now up as a topic on RRothpol https://rotherhampolitics.wordpress.com/2014/09/24/labours-pcc-candidate-announced/
all comments on the Labour candidate should appear on the thread there please! Not here.
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Can anyone point me in the right direction to hear Jacqui Collins’ statement I saw and heard briefly on Calendar yesterday evening?
Thanks.
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Sorry Colin – I certainly can’t find it.
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