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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

'Boost communities' to ease impact of cuts

By Jonathan Werran | 16 January 2013

Strong networks of local residents should be used to protect communities worst impact spending cu...

Birmingham's budget gap widens to £625m

By Jonathan Werran | 14 January 2013

Birmingham City Council finance chiefs have calculated the authority's budget gap will increase b...

DCLG disputes LGA claims on CTB cutbacks

By Jonathan Werran | 11 January 2013

DCLG refutes LGA claims funding for localised council tax benefit payments to be slashed by a fur...

LGA Conservatives hit back at Shapps in councillors' pensions row

By Jonathan Werran | 10 January 2013

Senior Conservative council chiefs angrily hit out today at Party Chairman Grant Shapps in counci...

Give members more power to handle frontline role, say MPs

By Jonathan Werran | 10 January 2013

An influential group of MPs report councillors should be handed greater powers to fulfil their in...

Merger of W Midlands cash pot wins backing

By Jonathan Werran | 09 January 2013

Lord Heseltine, the Government’s growth adviser, has backed a West Midlands-based pilot which cou...

Merging shared services could 'save half a billion'

By Jonathan Werran | 09 January 2013

Government departments will seek to merge their shared services into five centres, in an attempt ...

Divide and conquer

By Jonathan Werran | 09 January 2013

Jonathan Werran meets a pioneer who straddles the management divide between county and district l...

DCLG says Rochdale is 'wrong' on council tax claims

By Jonathan Werran | 08 January 2013

DCLG accuses Rochdale MBC of being ‘disingenuous and wrong’ in claiming it could increase council...

Honours bestowed on local government officers and members

By Jonathan Werran | 08 January 2013

Council chief executives, councillors, housing bosses and community sector leaders, acknowledged ...