Prof. John Clancy @johnclancy

Visiting Professor, Birmingham City Uni Business School; former Leader, Birmingham City Council; former solicitor; 25 years a comp school teacher; genealogist. blogsfromtheblackstuff.com North Wales, UK Joined April 2008

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Prof David Bailey @dgbailey

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“It was the Treasury that neutered Boris Johnson’s “levelling-up” agenda, through lack of funding and an aversion to regional autonomy” -quite! As I said all along. Burnham now needs to challenge this. ft.com/content/b8468c…

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Prof. John Clancy @johnclancy

2 days ago

Pnawn da! Great to see North Wales Fire & Rescue sending tri-lingual emails out! Better class of latinate folk in Conwy!

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Prof. John Clancy @johnclancy

5 days ago

I pass no comment on this, but bearing in mind comments made by the Green Party (and LibDems and Independents) how does the current Birmingham Administration Leadership feel about the £56K/year Birmingham handed to former Birmingham Commissioner John Hutton for 1-day per week? Do they want to go back and review his advice? Do they want the money back? Do they think his advice on pension fund position should be reviewed? @olleyatGRIT identifies the Pearson Engineering link: midlandsgrit.co.uk/p/pension-lord… Our expenses data here:blogsfromtheblackstuff.com/bftbblog260604 Just saying.

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Prof. John Clancy @johnclancy

5 days ago

How Pensions Supremo but Birmingham Commissioner chose to ignore 100s of £Ms of overpayments by Birmingham & massive surpluses at its pension fund. Convenient. midlandsgrit.co.uk/p/pension-lord… “What advice did he give on pensions? Was he asked to look at the West Midlands Pension Fund? If yes, what did he say? If no, why not?”@olleyatGRIT literally on the money yet again.

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Mike Olley @olleyatGRIT

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Prof. John Clancy @johnclancy

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Manchester needs to lawyer-up before the end of the month & judicially review the Greater Manchester Pension Fund Actuarial Valuation 2025. It's likely owed/owns £1.2B for itself &its LEA schools from the GMPF £10.4B surplus. Start with this: blogsfromtheblackstuff.com/bftbblog260619… Manchester City Council should instruct officers to instruct counsel to begin proceedings against Tameside Council straight away, before they run out of time. Other GM councils can join in, and get the likely *£10.4B* Fund surplus back into the GM economy in its LEA Schools, Academies, Special Schools, FE Colleges, Police and Fire Services. It's taxpayers' money. Alternatively lodge proceedings to hold the position, so they can persuade Tameside to decide to itself *reg 64A re-certify* all employers’ contributions to 0% immediately and for the foreseeable to get the £10.4B back. Here's why: blogsfromtheblackstuff.com/bftbblog260612… *Academies & FE colleges* can bring legal action themselves, jointly would be better. Academies own/owed likely £1.9B of the surplus, FE Colleges £230M. but need to act sharpish. Get your lawyers on it. Demand Reg64A recertification in the meantime anyway. It's YOUR SURPLUS. @MENnewsdesk @ManchesterMill

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Prof. John Clancy @johnclancy

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Birmingham needs to lawyer-up before the end of the month & judicially review the West Midlands Pension Fund Actuarial Valuation 2025. Start with this. blogsfromtheblackstuff.com/bftbblog260618… The new administration should instruct officers to instruct counsel to begin proceedings against Wolverhampton Council straight away, before they run out of time. Other WM councils &WM Mayor Richard Parker, should join in too. We've often been asked by City Council Officers "What do you actually want us to *do*?" Well, here's a start.... When BCC (and its LEA schools) get £400 million back into revenue over the next three years they can tell the commissioners to hike it.

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Mike Olley @olleyatGRIT

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Prof. John Clancy @johnclancy

a week ago

Makerfield: you are stood down for the evening.

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Jonathan Walker @jonwalker121

a week ago

While May's local elections appeared to change the leadership of Birmingham City Council, the authority is still largely led by officials appointed by central government in London, and has been since 2023

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Prof. John Clancy @johnclancy

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Brummies rejected Labour at the ballot box: now a humiliating rump of just 15 cllrs out of 101. But Labour still runs the city, especially through the £165K 3-day a week ‘Commissioner Adviser’ former Tower Hamlets Labour Mayor John Biggs “…a Labour veteran whose career stretches across decades of East London politics. Councillor. Council leader. London Assembly member. Mayor of Tower Hamlets. Political operator.” This is a moment of democratic peril for the city. midlandsgrit.co.uk/p/comrade-bigg…