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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Local funding-raising rules 'hamper growth'

By Jonathan Werran | 02 August 2012

A leading think-tank has warned, Government restrictions on how councils use locally-raised reven...

By mutual consent: Maude's action plan

By Dominic Browne | 02 August 2012

Ministers have urged council chiefs to explore authorities' appetite for John Lewis style co-oper...

Unitary follows trend and drops chief's role

By Jonathan Werran | 02 August 2012

Shropshire Council to adopt the 'Wiltshire model' of operating without a chief executive followin...

Neill makes radio defence of Coalition CTB plans

By Jonathan Werran | 02 August 2012

Local government minister, Bob Neill, today took to the airwaves defending Coalition plans to loc...

Councils should stop 'dumping' raw data on residents, says PAC

By Jonathan Werran | 01 August 2012

Influential Commons committee lambasts local government for ‘dumping’ onto residents huge amounts...

Minister dashes hopes of 'bigger funding package'

By Jonathan Werran | 01 August 2012

Expectations that the Government would announce a separate funding package for long-term social c...

Tenants located for 'white elephant' fire control sites

By Jonathan Werran | 01 August 2012

Four 'white elephant' regional fire control centres – branded by MPs as 'one of the worst cases o...

Mouchel agrees restructure deal with banks

By Jonathan Werran | 01 August 2012

Troubled support services firm Mouchel agrees debt-for equity restructure with principal lenders ...

Manchester to force CTB shortfall onto claimants

By Jonathan Werran | 31 July 2012

Manchester City Council's executive committee has approved changes to council tax benefit (CTB), ...

Shropshire seeks to extend shared services plan

By Jonathan Werran | 27 July 2012

Shropshire Council is considering plans to extend its shared services initiative to embrace Chesh...