Author Profile

Dan Peters

Dan Peters

Articles by Dan Peters

Future Forum: Chief calls for more shadowing

By Dan Peters | 16 March 2023

A former senior civil servant turned council chief executive has called for more shadowing betwee...

Budget 2023: Hunt to boost mayors' financial autonomy

By Dan Peters | 15 March 2023

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced the Government will ‘boost mayors’ financial autonomy’ in hi...

An agent of change

By Dan Peters | 14 March 2023

Unitarisation was a positive thing for Buckinghamshire, says chief executive Rachael Shimmin. Dan...

Streamlined asylum drive could increase homelessness pressure

By Dan Peters | 14 March 2023

Councils are braced for increased pressure on homelessness services after the Home Office announc...

EXCLUSIVE: Employers criticise union timetable after offer rejection

By Dan Peters | 13 March 2023

Local government employers have criticised Unison’s timetable for consulting its members on indus...

Labour urged to boost National Wealth Fund

By Dan Peters | 13 March 2023

Labour has been urged to boost its proposed National Wealth Fund and take a ‘strong locally-led a...

CIPFA investigating Tandridge black hole

By Dan Peters | 13 March 2023

The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) is investigating how a huge bla...

Croydon approves 15% tax hike

By Dan Peters | 09 March 2023

Croydon LBC has approved a 15% council tax increase as part of a 2023-24 budget that was original...

Councils in dark on levelling up scorings

By Martin Ford | 08 March 2023

The Levelling Up Fund has come in for fresh criticism after it emerged councils will not be told ...

Unions reject local government pay offer

By William Eichler | 07 March 2023

The three main local government trade unions - Unison, Unite and the GMB - have decided to recomm...