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Dan Peters

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ECONOMIC GROWTH

Councils may have to pay for LEPs

By Dan Peters | 07 October 2014

Councils may be forced to pick up the tab for Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEP) to ensure the d...

COMMUNICATIONS

Freesheets face legal action

By Dan Peters | 30 September 2014

Legal action against 11 councils over alleged breaches of the publicity code ‘could be taken in a...

DEVOLUTION

96% want devolved powers

By Dan Peters | 30 September 2014

Less than a third of council leaders and cabinet members believe the ability to vary rates of inc...

TROJAN HORSE

Tower Hamlets denies Trojan Horse press reports

By Dan Peters | 29 September 2014

Tower Hamlets LBC has denied the existence of a Trojan Horse-style plot in the borough after clai...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Burrows reveals retirement plans

By Dan Peters | 03 September 2014

The outgoing chief executive of Nottinghamshire CC this week announced he will retire when he tur...

IMPROVEMENT

Tower Hamlets officer defends running of 'complex' elections

By Dan Peters | 06 August 2014

The under-fire returning officer for Tower Hamlets LBC has defended the running of this year’s el...

IMPROVEMENT

Tower Hamlets in judicial review against Pickles

By Jonathan Werran | 04 July 2014

Under-fire Tower Hamlets LBC has applied for a judicial review against communities secretary Eric...

Lords make the case for English devolution

By Jamie Hailstone | 19 June 2014

Members of the House of Lords have made the case for greater devolution across the UK if Scotland...

FINANCE

Wolverhampton to consider outsourcing social care

By Dan Peters | 26 February 2014

Wolverhampton City Council has revealed plans to outsource some social care services as part of i...

FINANCE

Report: Poor relationship between social services and GPs

By Jamie Hailstone | 14 November 2013

More than half of all GPs rate their relationship with adult social services as either poor or un...

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