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Dan Peters

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WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Pressure mounts over SEND grant deficit

By EXCLUSIVE By Dan Peters | 17 February 2021

Councils are facing renewed pressure from the Department for Education (DfE) to make cuts to brin...

FINANCE

Four councils strike capitalisation deals with government

By Dan Peters | 11 February 2021

Four English councils that were unable to balance their budgets will be allowed to borrow million...

WHITEHALL

DCN bid for place on chief executives' network rejected

By Dan Peters | 09 February 2021

Senior Whitehall officials have knocked back a District Councils’ Network (DCN) bid to win a plac...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Pressure mounts on Jenrick over audit

By Dan Peters | 09 February 2021

Whitehall officials are putting communities secretary Robert Jenrick under pressure to change cou...

WHITEHALL

Unions prepare to submit 'substantial' pay claim

By Dan Peters | 08 February 2021

Trade unions are preparing to ask central government to fund a ‘substantial’ pay rise for council...

WHITEHALL

Government 'understands' virtual meetings call

By Dan Peters | 08 February 2021

Sector representatives have been told their arguments for allowing virtual meetings to continue h...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Cross-party backing for European charter

By Dan Peters | 05 February 2021

The European charter of local self-government took a step closer to being incorporated into Scots...

ENVIRONMENT

Leading the way on the climate emergency

By Dan Peters | 02 February 2021

West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s approach to tackling the biggest challenge of our times led t...

WHITEHALL

Opinion split over election date

By Dan Peters | 02 February 2021

Concerned council chief executives have continued to express safety fears about holding elections...

FINANCE

Extremist fears over vaccine myths

By Dan Peters | 02 February 2021

Far-right extremists are feared to be behind the circulation of coronavirus vaccine myths on soci...

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