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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Schools 'under strain' funding 250,000 new places, watchdog warns

By Jonathan Werran | 15 March 2013

NAO report questions if funding allocations to local authorities are sufficient to cope with lar...

Consortium wins contract to assess troubled families programme

By Jonathan Werran | 15 March 2013

Ecorys UK consortium lands deal to independently evaluate the DCLG’s £448m troubled families prog...

Conservative London Assembly group stages walkout in welfare row

By Jonathan Werran | 14 March 2013

Conservative London Assembly members quit meeting amid complaints of exclusion from City Hall’s s...

Treasury urged to commit support to pensions cash

By Jonathan Werran | 14 March 2013

Local government finance experts have warned town hall pension pots are not banks which the Treas...

Osborne under pressure amid capital growth fears

By Jonathan Werran | 14 March 2013

Chancellor George Osborne has come under fire for using government cash on a council tax freeze w...

Committee reveals true 'risk' of early cutbacks

By Jonathan Werran | 13 March 2013

An influential Commons committee warns, the coalition's focus on making quick cuts risked undermi...

York chief accepts horsemeat apology from Iceland boss

By Jonathan Werran | 13 March 2013

Iceland chief executive apologises to York City Council leader for offence caused blaming local a...

Pickles: lobbying councillors could be charged with bribery

By Jonathan Werran | 13 March 2013

Councillors found to have taken payments to lobby for property developers could face criminal cha...

Reward councils for promoting health, report advocates

By Jonathan Werran | 12 March 2013

Councils should get share of financial benefits from their public health role, Demos report urges.

Whitehall delays force councils to fund school repairs

By Jonathan Werran | 12 March 2013

Many crumbling schools forced to wait until 2015 for cash from Government’s £2bn priority school ...