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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Devolving powers is still on the agenda

By Jonathan Werran | 07 June 2012

Departmental business plans – show continued commitment to 'devolving' further powers from Whiteh...

Shropshire outlines plan for staff services firm

By Jonathan Werran | 07 June 2012

Shropshire Council has voted to transfer more than 1,700 staff to a new council-owned company.

The retrenchment of public finances

By Jonathan Werran | 07 June 2012

Mandarins are clearly the subtlest of stuntmen says Jonathan Werran.

Most people 'are still happy with councils'

By Jonathan Werran | 31 May 2012

A new survey has suggested public satisfaction with local councils has fallen only slightly over ...

Hammersmith and Fulham appoints new leader

By Jonathan Werran | 31 May 2012

Cllr Nick Botterill was last night named as the new leader at Conservative flagship authority Ham...

Care report calls for targeted spending

By Jonathan Werran | 29 May 2012

The Nuffield Trust has reported better use of the £140bn spent on older people removes the need t...

Waltham Forest drops homes cap relocation move

By Jonathan Werran | 28 May 2012

Waltham Forest LBC has frozen plans to relocate residents hit by housing benefit caps according t...

'Community trigger' powers proposed

By Jonathan Werran | 23 May 2012

Council chiefs warned this week local authorities' expertise in protecting communities must not b...

All change at EHRC in wake of recent review

By Jonathan Werran | 23 May 2012

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is to be scaled back in size and stripped of some...

Business-rate reform plans fail to impress

By Jonathan Werran | 23 May 2012

Local government experts have chided Government business-rate reform plans for lacking ambitious ...