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Dan Peters

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EXCLUSIVE: Local areas left in the dark by government

By EXCLUSIVE by Dan Peters | 13 May 2020

Central government excluded local partners from key intelligence and failed to share enough infor...

Treasury criticised for 'attack' on council sovereignty

By Dan Peters | 12 May 2020

A Treasury crackdown on local authorities using cheap finance to buy commercial property for rent...

Labour push for LGA to 'shout louder'

By Dan Peters | 12 May 2020

Labour politicians have called for the Local Government Association (LGA) to ‘shout even louder’ ...

Discretionary business grants fund expected to be over-subscribed

By Dan Peters | 12 May 2020

Councils expect to be swamped with applications to a new discretionary fund created to help small...

Government to ramp up PPE supply

By Dan Peters | 12 May 2020

The Government has announced that it is ramping up its efforts to procure and produce personal pr...

Warning over coronavirus and commercial investment cocktail

By Dan Peters | 11 May 2020

Worried finance chiefs have warned some councils that invested in commercial property have been p...

Shielding improvements on agenda for LGA and Whitehall

By Dan Peters | 11 May 2020

The Local Government Association is working with Whitehall to improve the support system for the ...

Unite expected to urge pay offer rejection

By Dan Peters | 11 May 2020

Trade union Unite is expected to recommend that its members reject the employers ‘final’ 2.75% pa...

Chiefs to develop care home resilience plans

By Dan Peters | 11 May 2020

Council chief executives will be put in charge of developing and reviewing council-level care hom...

Government should create unitary system, think-tank urges

By Dan Peters | 11 May 2020

The Government should create a unitary system of local government based on functional economic ar...