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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

'Local leadership, local growth,' reports LGA

By Jonathan Werran | 27 June 2012

Whitehall must devolve more powers to councils to generate economic growth, a report by the LGA h...

Think tank calls for £500m city centre fund

By Jonathan Werran | 26 June 2012

A think tank has reported public investment should be reallocated to help medium sized cities mak...

Parsons probe exposes possible standards flaw

By Jonathan Werran | 21 June 2012

Leicestershire CC’s reprieved leader, Cllr David Parsons, could have been suspended from his post...

Pressures build with rise in homelessness

By Jonathan Werran | 20 June 2012

Local authorities are facing added pressures on housing waiting lists, after government figures s...

Mastering the trick of financial cutbacks

By Jonathan Werran | 20 June 2012

This is an age when people take an increasingly consumerist approach to public services, accordin...

HMRC could recover £100m from 'off-payroll' deals

By Jonathan Werran | 20 June 2012

Tax inspectors could recover up to £100m from more than 2,400 civil servants working ‘off payroll...

Coalition needs policy review 'to avoid drift'

By Jonathan Werran | 20 June 2012

The Government must plan for mid-term renewal or risk ‘drifting in the wind’ over the next two-an...

Plans to curtail council snoops 'lack credibility'

By Jonathan Werran | 20 June 2012

Government plans to curtail local authorities’ investigatory powers lack credibility, civil liber...

Decline in business rates 'could squeeze funding'

By Jonathan Werran | 20 June 2012

Local authorities could get less funding than originally earmarked through the 2010 Spending Revi...

Experts 'sympathetic' to Dilnot dilemma

By Jonathan Werran | 20 June 2012

LGiU chief Andy Sawford comments on news the Government could delay until July response to Dilnot...