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Dan Peters

Articles by Dan Peters

County clashes with districts over reorganisation engagement

By Dan Peters | 31 March 2025

Surrey CC has accused its district and borough councils of publishing a ‘purposefully biased’ and...

Former Liverpool director denies bribery

By Dan Peters | 31 March 2025

Liverpool City Council’s former head of regeneration Nick Kavanagh has denied two counts of bribe...

Cross-Whitehall taskforce aims to boost housebuilding

By Dan Peters | 27 March 2025

Officials from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government will join a new cross-Wh...

Future Forum: Robots in two years

By Dan Peters | 20 March 2025

Robots with artificial intelligence (AI) will be here in two years, a tech guru has told The MJ’s...

Future Forum: 'NHS is stuck on its own hamster wheel'

By Dan Peters | 19 March 2025

Taking public health out of the NHS made it easier for the health service to avoid thinking about...

Future Forum: Commissioner tells chiefs to invite challenge

By Dan Peters | 19 March 2025

The lack of transparency and challenge are common themes in all council failures, a local governm...

Hampshire hits reorganisation deadlock

By Dan Peters | 13 March 2025

No decision will be made on the number of unitaries that will cover Hampshire and the Solent ahea...

Frustrated mayors delay campaign on fiscal devo

By EXCLUSIVE by Dan Peters | 13 March 2025

Labour mayors frustrated by the lack of fiscal devolution are holding back from stepping up their...

Finance warning amid growth fears

By Joe Lepper | 13 March 2025

Pressures on local government could become more acute amid fears of ‘lacklustre’ growth, sector e...

McMahon piles pressure on deadlocked Surrey councils

By Dan Peters | 12 March 2025

Labour’s local government minister Jim McMahon has piled pressure on councils in Surrey to push a...