Author Profile

Dan Peters

Dan Peters

Articles by Dan Peters

Warning over 'proxy vote' as elections clash

By Dan Peters | 26 April 2017

The local elections could be turned into a ‘proxy vote on party politics and Brexit’ by the Gener...

Casey to leave government after two decades

By Dan Peters | 21 April 2017

Senior civil servant Dame Louise Casey has announced she will be leaving government in the summer...

Rural England Budget blow

By Dan Peters | 20 April 2017

Rural residents are paying an average of £87 more per head in council tax than their urban counte...

Whitehall to improve homelessness stats

By Dan Peters | 20 April 2017

The Government has pledged to continue to work with the UK Statistics Authority to make its homel...

LGA lending support to rates avoidance issue

By Dan Peters | 20 April 2017

Ministers have agreed to work with the Local Government Association (LGA) to reduce business rate...

UC rollout: pause needed

By Dan Peters | 20 April 2017

Councils have called for a ‘longer pause’ in the rollout of Universal Credit amid the emergence o...

Scrap private finance for public buildings, says Unite

By Dan Peters | 20 April 2017

Trade union Unite has called for the use of private finance to build public buildings in Scotland...

Councils can learn from firms

By Dan Peters | 20 April 2017

Councils need to learn from the private sector if they want to develop commercialisation initiati...

Thurrock steams ahead as UK transport links expand

By Dan Peters | 20 April 2017

Thurrock BC’s leader hailed the ‘beginning of a 21st century silk road’ as he waved goodbye to a ...

Scorn for Bourne's £1bn

By Dan Peters | 11 April 2017

Government figures claiming councils can raise £1bn through the social care precept are massively...