Tridico to take over at INPS

(ANSA) - Rome, February 20 - Government allies the 5-Star Movement (M5S) and the League have agreed that Rome economics lecturer Pasquale Tridico will replace the outgoing head of the INPS social security and pensions agency, Tito Boeri, M5S and League sources said Wednesday.
    Former labour ministry secretary general Francesco Verbaro will become Tridico's No.2, the sources said.
    The term of Boeri, a vocal critic of the government's policies, ended on Saturday.
    Tridico, who lectures at Roma Tre University, is credited with being the brain behind the government's new basic income, a flagship M5S campaign pledge.