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Dan Peters

Articles by Dan Peters

Most of £600m discretionary fund may not reach firms

By Dan Peters | 22 May 2020

Most of an extra £600m discretionary fund for small businesses may remain unspent as Whitehall re...

Councils given £300m and key tracking role

By Dan Peters | 22 May 2020

Councils in England will be handed £300m by the Government as they are given a central role in dr...

£3.7bn coronavirus-hit for London boroughs and counties

By Dan Peters | 22 May 2020

The total estimated financial impact of coronavirus on London boroughs and counties is expected t...

Three out of four councils boost recruitment

By Dan Peters | 22 May 2020

More than three-quarters of councils have been forced to recruit additional staff since March whe...

LGA 'disappointment' over exclusion from taskforce

By Dan Peters | 21 May 2020

The Government’s newly-created cultural renewal taskforce fails to include councils or the Local ...

Council pension funds to 'double down' on corporate governance

By Dan Peters | 21 May 2020

Council pension fund investors have vowed to ‘double down’ on demanding the highest standards of ...

Government to review commercial investment data

By Dan Peters | 21 May 2020

The Government will review the data it collects on commercial investments by councils after it wa...

EXCLUSIVE: No-deal Brexit planning would 'overwhelm' emergency response

By Dan Peters | 19 May 2020

Planning for a no-deal Brexit at the end of this year would ‘overwhelm’ the country’s emergency r...

EXCLUSIVE: LGA bonus rejection 'slap in the face'

By Dan Peters | 19 May 2020

A top union official has branded English councils’ refusal to rally behind a campaign for a worke...

Questions raised over rates retention

By Dan Peters | 19 May 2020

Senior Local Government Association (LGA) figures have called for the sector to reappraise its su...