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Dan Peters

Articles by Dan Peters

Housing company saves council £2.5m in a year

By Dan Peters | 26 July 2017

Enfield LBC’s independent company that buys family homes to provide an alternative to costly nigh...

Appeal granted over 'unlawful' boycott of Israel

By Dan Peters | 26 July 2017

The Government has received permission to appeal a court ruling that found its attempt to prevent...

DoLS delays lead to calls for reforms

By Dan Peters | 26 July 2017

Fresh calls have been made for urgent reforms to the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) sys...

Pressure mounts on 1% pay cap

By Dan Peters | 26 July 2017

Local government employers are contemplating a two-year pay offer as they battle to keep rises af...

Government acts after sleep-in back pay ruling

By Sam Clayden | 26 July 2017

The Government has responded after a tribunal ruling granted sleep-in support workers up to six y...

Whitehall told social care must become 24/7 sector

By Dan Peters | 26 July 2017

Social care services need to become ‘more flexible’ to ensure an ‘effective and integrated urgent...

Cook to fill in when Cadman leaves

By Dan Peters | 21 July 2017

Suffolk CC’s corporate director of health, wellbeing and children’s services will step into the r...

Hughes and Goldsworthy join new finance commission

By Dan Peters | 20 July 2017

An ex-boss of Birmingham City Council has been appointed to a commission charged with finding way...

Ombudsman report prompts fresh DoLS reform calls

By Dan Peters | 19 July 2017

Fresh calls have been made for urgent reforms to the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) sys...

Whitehall drags its feet on planning fees

By Dan Peters | 19 July 2017

A government commitment to allow councils to increase planning fees by 20% if they commit to rein...