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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Lib Dem peers to rebel over CTB changes

By Jonathan Werran | 16 October 2012

Coalition peers poised to revolt over council tax benefit changes, as local government finance bi...

MPs warn over affordable housing benefits trap

By Jonathan Werran | 12 October 2012

MPs have warned, the Government's affordable homes programme risks making tenants dependent on ho...

Exclusive: DCLG plots UK plc rescue

By Jonathan Werran | 11 October 2012

Ministers are poised to boost the UK's flagging economy by removing a restrictive cap on infrastr...

Shambling to reform?

By Jonathan Werran | 10 October 2012

Did Francis Maude have such powers of foresight when launching an attack on top civil servants? A...

County's top role in plan to combine LGPS advice

By Jonathan Werran | 10 October 2012

Norfolk CC is leading plans to merge investment advice across the £150bn Local Government Pension...

Experts 'unsure' over extending tax freeze

By Jonathan Werran | 10 October 2012

Local government experts have called into question the long-term viability of plans to continue f...

MPs fear reliance on 'hired guns' fuels tax avoidance

By Jonathan Werran | 09 October 2012

Whitehall's reliance on 'hired guns'has fuelled suspicions that departments have been complicit i...

The impact of the Local Audit Bill

By Jonathan Werran | 09 October 2012

Jonathan Werran explains how a recently appointed ad hoc committee will be scrutinising the draft...

Focus on the 'big ideas', top Tory boroughs urge

By Jonathan Werran | 09 October 2012

Five flagship Conservative London boroughs issue a paper urging the Government to press ahead wit...

Osborne confirms third-year council tax freeze

By Jonathan Werran | 08 October 2012

Chancellor, George Osborne, today confirmed Government plans to extend the council tax freeze int...