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Dan Peters

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'Brexit wil make more work for small firms,' says Javid

By Dan Peters | 14 March 2017

Communities secretary Sajid Javid has said the Government will use Brexit to make it easier for s...

One in three upper-tier councils face 'severe financial challenges'

By Dan Peters | 14 March 2017

At least one in three of England’s 152 upper-tier councils are facing ‘severe financial challenge...

Councils prepared to lose cash after Brexit

By Dan Peters | 14 March 2017

Council negotiators have resigned themselves to taking a financial hit from Brexit as they contin...

'Ambitious' health integration plans look to be 'scaled back'

By Dan Peters | 14 March 2017

The Government has scaled back on achieving full health and social care integration by 2020, it h...

Benefit changes warning

By Dan Peters | 14 March 2017

Hackney LBC has warned MPs about the Government’s attempt to ‘rush through’ benefit changes to th...

Council approves £9m hospital loan

By Dan Peters | 14 March 2017

Senior councillors have approved a £9.2m loan to help Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation...

Jones to leave think-tank to work with Clark

By Dan Peters | 10 March 2017

The chief executive of the Centre for Cities think-tank, Alexandra Jones, has been hired to head ...

Budget 2017: Hammond announces £2bn social care cash

By Dan Peters | 08 March 2017

Chancellor Philip Hammond has promised additional grant funding of £2bn over the next three years...

Council's 'dire finances' under scrutiny by MPs

By Dan Peters | 08 March 2017

A council has denied it is being run ‘incompetently’ after its MP flagged up the state of its fin...

DWP must rebuild trust after housing benefit referrals drop

By Dan Peters | 08 March 2017

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is hoping to restore confidence in its efforts to tack...