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Dan Peters

Articles by Dan Peters

MPs' devolution fears

By Dan Peters | 22 March 2016

MPs are becoming increasingly vocal in their opposition to devolution deals being negotiated betw...

Sector urged to ditch fossil fuels

By Dan Peters | 22 March 2016

‘Narrow interpretations of fiduciary duty should not be a barrier’ for local government to commit...

Scottish Labour to scrap 'unfair' council tax

By Dan Peters | 22 March 2016

Scottish Labour has today announced plans to scrap the ‘unfair’ council tax and replace it with a...

GMB accepts pay offer but stalemate persists

By Dan Peters | 22 March 2016

Stalemate has hit pay negotiations for local government staff despite a vote by one of the trade ...

Budget 2016: New mayors as 'devolution revolution takes hold'

By Dan Peters | 16 March 2016

New elected mayors for English counties and southern cities have been announced by chancellor Geo...

Reforms will not make council tax proportionate

By Dan Peters | 16 March 2016

The Scottish Government’s proposals for council tax reform ‘fall short’ of making it a proportion...

'Ease housing benefit subsidy claim burdens'

By Dan Peters | 15 March 2016

Calls have been made for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to reduce the burden of audit...

Key Cities head praises Oxford restructure plan

By Dan Peters | 15 March 2016

The chair of the Key Cities group has urged councils to look at the example of Oxfordshire distri...

LGA seeks rates distribution deal

By Dan Peters | 15 March 2016

The Local Government Association (LGA) has called for an exploration of sub-national distribution...

Harrogate in bid to form unitary

By Dan Peters | 15 March 2016

Reorganisation plans continue to surface as part of the fallout from the Government’s devolution ...