Bob Piper has been a Labour Councillor for the Abbey
Ward in Sandwell, West Midlands, for 10 years. He is a lifelong supporter of Aston Villa Football Club and a follower of Yorkshire County Cricket Club.
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"The health secretary, Andrew Lansley, has hired two NHS managers from regional quangos, which he said he would abolish, on salaries of £200,000, as part of his drive to modernise the health service.
While former colleagues face an uncertain future, Ian Dalton, chief executive of the North East Strategic Health Authority, and Dame Barbara Hakin, head of the East Midlands Strategic Health Authority, will be given powerful roles at the heart of the new NHS.
They will also be allowed to keep their salaries, which are about £60,000 more than the prime minister is paid."
