Title

Author Profile

Dan Peters

Dan Peters

Articles by Dan Peters

Crawley closures to fill budget gap

By Dan Peters | 10 December 2020

Senior Crawley BC councillors have decided to close two adventure playgrounds and five public toi...

Senior ministry officials to be quizzed by MPs

By Dan Peters | 01 December 2020

Senior government officials will be hauled in front of MPs next week after a rare move from the P...

Warning over knackered key workers

By Dan Peters | 01 December 2020

The man leading a review of the Government’s pandemic response has warned of the psychological im...

Councils allowed to delay precept rise

By Dan Peters | 30 November 2020

Local authorities will be allowed to delay big council tax increases next year ahead of elections...

Government pulls plug from counter-extremism group

By Dan Peters | 30 November 2020

The Government has withdrawn funding for a network that shares experiences and good practice in t...

Spelthorne undergoes finance peer review

By Dan Peters | 30 November 2020

A council branded reckless for excessively borrowing to buy up commercial property has undergone ...

Spending Review: UKSPF to reach £1.5bn a year

By Dan Peters | 25 November 2020

The value of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) will reach around £1.5bn a year on average, ch...

Spending Review: £2.9bn 'restart programme' to help unemployed

By Dan Peters | 25 November 2020

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a three-year £2.9bn ‘restart programme’ to help more than on...

Councils key to tackling 'anti-vax mob'

By Ann McGauran | 24 November 2020

Councils must act quickly to knock down the ‘anti-vax mob’ as the Government puts the sector at t...

Councils still hungry for cash despite winter grant scheme

By Dan Peters | 24 November 2020

Councils that want to use the new £170m COVID winter grant scheme to stop children going hungry d...