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Articles by Dan Peters

Directors call for £1bn emergency funding

By Dan Peters | 30 January 2017

Councils could fail to meet to meet their statutory duties without ‘emergency’ government funding...

Warning over future for care home providers

By Dan Peters | 25 January 2017

Councils have called for ‘urgent and genuinely new’ funding for social care amid fresh warnings t...

Emergency rules aim to quell delays to NI rate collection

By Dan Peters | 24 January 2017

Westminster may be forced to step in with emergency legislation to ensure Northern Irish councils...

Call for Whitehall to 'publish grant details'

By Dan Peters | 24 January 2017

A council has vowed not to give up its quest to get the Government to publish details about the a...

How do we solve a problem like care?

By Dan Peters | 24 January 2017

Funding pressures in adult social care have permeated the national press lately. Dan Peters analy...

Inter-authority loans put councils under pressure

By Dan Peters | 24 January 2017

A growing rate of inter-authority lending could be creating a complex web of interaction that tie...

Finance settlement consultation offers no room for movement

By Dan Peters | 24 January 2017

Councils have been told that there is ‘little chance of any movement’ during the local government...

LGA backs districts following Whitehall raid on NHB budget

By Dan Peters | 24 January 2017

The Local Government Association (LGA) has backed furious districts angry after Whitehall raided ...

UKMBA scheduled to issue first bond in 2017

By Dan Peters | 24 January 2017

The UK Municipal Bonds Agency (UKMBA) plans to issue its initial bond early this year.

EXCLUSIVE: Lack of confidence in adult social care strategy exposed

By Dan Peters | 24 January 2017

The true scale of feeling across local government about the escalating social care crisis is reve...