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Dan Peters

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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Councils emphasise hidden plight of transition funding

By Dan Peters | 10 March 2015

County councils have highlighted the ‘hidden’ issue of funding the transition from children to ad...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Report warns councillors not to meddle in operational affairs

By Dan Peters | 10 March 2015

Officers at Portsmouth City Council (PCC) have ‘often felt under pressure to write reports that t...

ERIC PICKLES

Pickles moves to target more councils

By Dan Peters | 10 March 2015

Communities secretary Eric Pickles has said he is ‘minded’ to direct Hackney, Newham and Waltham ...

SOCIAL CARE

Care Act will bring legal challenges, councils are warned

By Dan Peters | 10 March 2015

A local government lawyer has warned that councils could be exposed to legal challenges when the ...

FINANCE

COSLA hits back at criticism over council borrowing levels

By Dan Peters | 10 March 2015

The main body representing Scottish councils has defended local authorities’ record levels of deb...

BUSINESS

Joint cricket club loans set to boost Manchester

By Dan Peters | 10 March 2015

Two local government loans worth £9m could boost the regeneration of the area around a test match...

FINANCE

Award for Essex pensions team

By Dan Peters | 10 March 2015

The accountable officer for the Essex Pension Fund has expressed her pride after her team won a p...

DEVOLUTION

Constitution could enshrine fiscal devolution

By Dan Peters | 09 March 2015

Fiscal devolution to local government in England could be enshrined under a proposed UK written c...

BUSINESS

Pickles to be told The Only Way is Essex devolution

By Dan Peters | 06 March 2015

Essex councils have agreed to make clear their interest in exploring devolution in a letter to co...

HEALTH

Tory leader complains about lack of devolution to Conservative areas

By Dan Peters | 06 March 2015

A Conservative county council leader has expressed his exasperation at the lack of devolution dea...

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