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Dan Peters

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Employers offer 1.5% 'paltry' pay rise

By Dan Peters | 14 May 2021

Councils are facing a £279m increase to the national pay bill after offering 1.5m employees a 1.5...

Call for 'surge vaccine supplies' as Indian variant spreads

By Dan Peters | 14 May 2021

Local public health experts have asked the Government for ‘surge vaccine supplies’ amid anxiety o...

More than 100 leisure centres could go bust, DCN warns

By Dan Peters | 13 May 2021

More than 100 leisure centres in England could go bust due to the coronavirus crisis, district co...

Javid: Devolution crucial in levelling up

By Dan Peters | 13 May 2021

Former local government secretary Sajid Javid has stressed the importance of devolution in the dr...

Croydon to take £70m hit

By Dan Peters | 12 May 2021

Croydon LBC is expected to be forced to take a £69m hit to its capital programme after a housing ...

EXCLUSIVE: MHCLG pushes ahead with exit pay data demands

By Dan Peters | 11 May 2021

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is pushing ahead with demanding...

EXCLUSIVE: High needs spending could 'bankrupt councils'

By Dan Peters | 11 May 2021

A senior finance director has warned that spending on high needs threatens to ‘bankrupt councils’...

Queen's Speech: Controversial voter ID plans roll forward

By Dan Peters | 11 May 2021

Voter ID is expected to be introduced by May 2023 after the Government pledged to introduce legis...

Local elections 2021: Mistakes caught amid record number of polls

By Dan Peters | 10 May 2021

A smattering of errors was reported amid a bumper crop of elections.

Government criticised over dragging feet on cladding after new fire

By Dan Peters | 10 May 2021

The Government has been accused of failing to force developers to take action after a fire broke ...