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Dan Peters

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LOCAL DEMOCRACY

COSLA and unions oppose centralising care plans

By Dan Peters | 12 October 2022

Unions have joined with the body representing Scottish councils to call for a reversal of care ce...

BUSINESS

Council workers quit sector amid cost of living crisis

By Dan Peters | 10 October 2022

Council staff are leaving the sector because they can no longer afford to work in local governmen...

WHITEHALL

Thurrock to switch borrowing to PWLB

By Dan Peters | 05 October 2022

Thurrock BC will reduce its ‘over-reliance’ on borrowing from other councils by taking out £836m ...

FINANCE

Councils braced for fresh cuts

By Dan Peters | 04 October 2022

Councils are bracing themselves for a raft of cuts as embattled Prime Minister Liz Truss this wee...

WHITEHALL

Districts push for investment zone influence

By Dan Peters | 04 October 2022

Some county councils are failing to engage their districts in talks about new investment zones de...

WHITEHALL

DWP data demand to help cost of living crisis

By Dan Peters | 03 October 2022

Officers have called for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to share its data to help the...

FINANCE

Coventry to bail out culture trust

By Dan Peters | 03 October 2022

Coventry City Council will bail out the trust working to secure the legacy from its designation a...

FINANCE

Long-buried report reveals 'organisational dysfunction'

By Dan Peters | 03 October 2022

‘Organisational dysfunction at the most senior level’ of Croydon LBC has been laid bare in a long...

WHITEHALL

Inflation may drive increased insourcing

By Dan Peters | 03 October 2022

Councils may be propelled to bring services back in-house to escape contracts tied to inflation a...

BUSINESS

Warning of £75m audit fee increase

By Dan Peters | 03 October 2022

Experts have warned councils could be hit by a £75m increase to their audit fees as details of th...

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