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Articles by Dan Peters

Sheffield could follow Greater Manchester lead

By Dan Peters | 21 April 2015

Sheffield could be next to sign a memorandum agreeing to bring together health and social care bu...

EXCLUSIVE: Chief slams 'plague' of care fund indicators

By Dan Peters | 21 April 2015

A chief executive has accused health and social care transformation tsars of trying to subject th...

'Transparent process' wanted for top role

By Dan Peters | 21 April 2015

Conservatives on Tower Hamlets LBC have called for an end to the impasse over the hiring of the c...

Developer decision boosts neighbourhood planning

By Dan Peters | 21 April 2015

Neighbourhood planning has been boosted after a developer withdrew a legal challenge.

Costs 'could increase' under Pickles' DIP changes

By Dan Peters | 20 April 2015

A council chief executive has criticised communities secretary Eric Pickles’ latest attack on ‘to...

Directors told not to be constrained by austerity

By Dan Peters | 17 April 2015

Adult social care directors have been told austerity should not restrict their commitment to inno...

Directors face a fight for cash in their own councils

By Dan Peters | 16 April 2015

Adult social care directors face a ‘fight’ within their local authorities to have the cost of the...

Care chiefs looking to charge for services

By Dan Peters | 16 April 2015

Directors of adults social services are increasingly look at charging for services for carers, a ...

IFS praise over council care cash

By Dan Peters | 16 April 2015

Social care has been ‘pretty consistently’ protected by councils, analysis by a leading economic ...

Care chief calls for cash to be protected

By Dan Peters | 16 April 2015

Social care funding must be protected and aligned with the NHS, the incoming president of the Ass...