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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

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WHITEHALL

Right to Buy scheme faces £1.3bn sales shortfall

By Jonathan Werran | 15 June 2015

An annual cash shortfall of more than £1bn a year could undermine government plans to extend the ...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Wiltshire told to improve early years provision

By Jonathan Werran | 12 June 2015

Wiltshire Council is not providing good enough support and development for early years provision ...

WHITEHALL

Cities leaders meet Clark for devolution talks

By Jonathan Werran | 12 June 2015

Leaders of the 10 Core Cities are due meet in London with communities secretary Greg Clark this m...

Councils 'will feel the pinch'

By Dan Peters | 09 June 2015

New local government minister anticipates tough spending choices amid greater devolved funding in...

FINANCE

London Councils blasts 'double whammy' for prevention

By Jonathan Werran | 09 June 2015

London health and adults expert condemns the double blow of further adult social care cuts and th...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Ministers to press for Cardiff City Deal

By Jonathan Werran | 09 June 2015

Ministers have urged council leaders to drive through plans for a City Deal for Cardiff ahead of ...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Sandwell's Ofsted rating disputed

By Jonathan Werran | 08 June 2015

Council chiefs have questioned the judgement of Ofsted inspectors who rated Sandwell MBC’s childr...

FINANCE

LGA decries in-year reductions

By Jonathan Werran | 05 June 2015

Council chiefs have decried chancellor George Osborne’s pre-emptive £200m cut to public health bu...

WHITEHALL

Ministers must rethink Right to Buy plans

By Jonathan Werran | 03 June 2015

Former Department for Communities and Local Government permanent secretary, Lord Kerslake, this w...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Praise for powers of recall

By Jonathan Werran | 03 June 2015

Pioneering plans to introduce powers of recall for councillors whose standards of behaviour fall ...

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