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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Londoners 'hardest hit' by household benefit cap

By Jonathan Werran | 27 March 2013

London is likely to be hardest hit by reforms to the welfare system says the umbrella group repre...

Think tank calls for 'fund of funds' to develop urban areas

By Jonathan Werran | 27 March 2013

A leading think tank, supported by the European Investment Bank, has urged the Government to esta...

Number of authorities taking tax freeze cash plummets by a quarter

By Jonathan Werran | 27 March 2013

Proportion of local authorities taking council tax freeze grant has decreased from 85% last year ...

Orwell and good joining up government?

By Jonathan Werran | 27 March 2013

Jonathan Werran on what local government can learn from George Orwell's observations on Whitehall...

Doncaster children's services face outsourcing review

By Jonathan Werran | 27 March 2013

Education secretary Michael Gove sends experts to Doncaster MBC to determine whether the authorit...

Local authorities face unknown housing benefit costs, MPs warn

By Jonathan Werran | 26 March 2013

‘Irrational’ civil service financial modelling on future housing benefit demand threatens local a...

Council chiefs threaten DWP with lawsuit over TUPE plans

By Jonathan Werran | 26 March 2013

Council chiefs have vowed to mount a legal challenge if the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP...

Cameron endorses community budgets push

By Jonathan Werran | 25 March 2013

Prime minister David Cameron approves community budgets guide, saying Whitehall budget 'no match ...

Authority spending will struggle to meet baby boom, says NAO

By Jonathan Werran | 25 March 2013

Spending watchdogs have cast doubt on whether current levels of local authority funding are suffi...

Pensions merger 'may prove costly' for Londoners

By Jonathan Werran | 25 March 2013

Plans to merge London boroughs’ pension pots could result in a £598 increase to the council tax b...