Author Profile

Dan Peters

Dan Peters

Articles by Dan Peters

EXCLUSIVE: Planning and placemaking capacity struggle

By Dan Peters | 25 September 2023

Two out of three local authority planning and placemaking professionals believe their team does n...

East Dunbartonshire chief to retire

By Dan Peters | 25 September 2023

Chief executive of East Dunbartonshire Council, Gerry Cornes, has announced his intention to reti...

Pension consultants ramp up opposition to pooling reforms

By Dan Peters | 25 September 2023

Council pension consultants have intensified opposition to Whitehall’s plan for a single model fo...

Screeching U-turn on waste proposals

By Dan Peters | 21 September 2023

The Government has claimed it is scrapping its ‘top-down approach’ on recycling while still ensur...

Bentley insists level two devolution 'best option' for county

By Dan Peters | 21 September 2023

Essex CC’s Conservative leader Kevin Bentley has insisted that a level two devolution deal is the...

Government accused of 'paralysing' councils on waste

By Dan Peters | 19 September 2023

The Government has been accused of leaving frustrated councils ‘paralysed’ by ‘painfully slow’ pr...

Call for national mental health support team rollout

By Ann McGauran | 18 September 2023

A top children’s services director has called for the ‘very highly regarded’ mental health suppor...

Smith calls for boroughs to be handed vehicle excise duty share

By Dan Peters | 15 September 2023

Devolved funding from vehicle excise duty should be allocated directly to the capital’s 32 boroug...

Welsh plea for more council funding

By Dan Peters | 15 September 2023

Welsh councils have pleaded for more funding from the UK Government as they face up to £750m of p...

Unions reject latest COSLA offer

By Dan Peters | 14 September 2023

The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) has warned trade unions face a choice betwee...