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Dan Peters

Articles by Dan Peters

Council votes for climate change referendum

By Dan Peters | 02 March 2020

Warwick DC has voted to hold a referendum on a 34.2% rise in its share of council tax to fund a c...

NHS trusts lodge business rates appeal

By Dan Peters | 25 February 2020

NHS trusts have applied for permission to appeal a High Court ruling that said they were not elig...

Government bats away Bellwin criticism

By Dan Peters | 25 February 2020

The Government has batted away fresh criticisms of the 37-year-old Bellwin scheme after one of th...

EXCLUSIVE: Shared prosperity fund to be linked to devolution

By Dan Peters | 25 February 2020

The new regime for doling out structural funding after the Brexit transition period will be close...

EXCLUSIVE: Chiefs network to double in size

By Dan Peters | 25 February 2020

The network of nine chief executives who represented their regions in the run-up to Brexit will b...

EXCLUSIVE: Industrial action risk as employers mull sticking with 2% pay offer

By Dan Peters | 25 February 2020

Council employers are keeping open the option of doubling down on their 2% pay offer to the union...

EXCLUSIVE: Council rejects budget control review

By Dan Peters | 24 February 2020

Warrington Council has rejected a number of findings from an independent review of its approach t...

Audit firms look overseas amid shortage

By Dan Peters | 24 February 2020

Audit firms are having to resort to recruiting overseas to fill public sector vacancies because o...

Whitfield questions 100% rates retention

By Dan Peters | 24 February 2020

A top council finance director has questioned the ability of 100% business rates retention to fun...

£3bn overspend on children's social care in five years - LGA

By Dan Peters | 21 February 2020

Demand and funding pressures have forced councils to overspend on children’s social care budgets ...