Title

Author Profile

Dan Peters

Dan Peters

Articles by Dan Peters

EXCLUSIVE: Ministers in fresh LEP overlap threat

By Dan Peters | 13 November 2019

Ministers have again threatened to withhold funding from local enterprise partnerships (LEP) that...

Greater Manchester's Rouse to join Stoke

By Dan Peters | 13 November 2019

Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership’s chief officer has been announced as the p...

Employers delay response to 10% pay claim

By Chris Mahony | 12 November 2019

Local government employers have told trade union leaders that they are unlikely to respond to the...

EXCLUSIVE: MHCLG to assess Brexit preparations

By Dan Peters | 01 November 2019

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) will use the General Election p...

EXCLUSIVE: Failure to improve reporting and audit could prompt legislation

By Dan Peters | 01 November 2019

Whitehall officials have warned ministers ‘could seek to legislate’ if the transparency and quali...

Commission in pre-election warning

By Dan Peters | 31 October 2019

The difficulties of running well-run elections are increasing, the Electoral Commission has warne...

MPs slam 'broken' business rates system

By Dan Peters | 31 October 2019

The Government needs to be ‘curious, proactive and creative’ in exploring alternative options to ...

Rich residents choose to help rough sleepers

By Dan Peters | 30 October 2019

The first local authority in the country to allow its richest residents to pay extra council tax ...

Grenfell inquiry: Better communication between councils and fire services needed

By Dan Peters | 30 October 2019

‘Far better direct communication’ between local authorities and fire and rescue services is neede...

EXCLUSIVE: Employers in pay rise redundancy warning

By Dan Peters | 29 October 2019

A pay rise of more than 2% ‘would be likely to result in redundancies,’ employers have warned.