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Dan Peters

Articles by Dan Peters

Prisoner release to pile pressure on councils

By Dan Peters | 13 August 2024

Extra pressure will be piled onto housing and health services when 5,500 offenders are released f...

Union submits first tranche of equal pay claims

By Dan Peters | 12 August 2024

Trade union GMB has lodged the first tranche of 400 legal equal pay claims against Brighton and H...

DCN calls for more powers to hit housing targets

By Dan Peters | 08 August 2024

Councils need more powers and funding to address empty and stalled sites if ministers are to achi...

Dudley to 'get a grip' on finances

By Dan Peters | 05 August 2024

Spending controls have helped Dudley MBC ‘get a grip’ on its finances, the council has said.

Former chief to face jury trial over cocaine possession and drink-driving

By Dan Peters | 02 August 2024

Former Lambeth LBC chief executive Bayo Dosunmu will face a jury trial after being accused of pos...

Fresh fiscal devolution push as cuts loom

By Dan Peters | 01 August 2024

Council chiefs are attempting to push fiscal devolution onto the desks of new ministers as the Go...

London to seek fresh devo deal

By Dan Peters | 01 August 2024

Labour-led London Councils is seeking a new devolution deal for the capital in the wake of the Ge...

O'Brien returns home to top job

By Dan Peters | 01 August 2024

Monmouthshire CC’s chief officer for communities and place, Frances O’Brien, has been appointed c...

Rotheram: Mindless violence distracts from delivering justice

By Dan Peters | 31 July 2024

Local government leaders have condemned violent protests that broke out after three girls were ki...

Benefit of the doubt

By Dan Peters | 31 July 2024

Political pressure is to be piled on the Local Government Association (LGA) to strengthen its wav...