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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

'Don't let devo burden taxpayers'

By Jonathan Werran | 28 April 2015

Communities secretary Eric Pickles has reaffirmed Conservative policy that the drive towards dece...

WHITEHALL

Residents trust local politicians more than Whitehall

By Jonathan Werran | 28 April 2015

Local politicians are trusted twice as much as their Westminster counterparts to make the right r...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Council social media bible launched

By Jonathan Werran | 28 April 2015

Town hall twitter tsars could benefit from an online guide aimed at helping councils deliver soci...

BUSINESS RATES

Osborne hints at business rates freedom

By Jonathan Werran | 27 April 2015

Chancellor George Osborne has suggested a future Conservative administration would give cities fr...

DEVOLUTION

Conservatives issue English manifesto

By Jonathan Werran | 24 April 2015

Conservative Party leader David Cameron will today set out plans for an English rate of income ta...

FINANCE

IFS: vague tax and spend pledges 'leave voters in the dark'

By Jonathan Werran | 23 April 2015

Leading public finance experts condemn the main political parties’ manifesto pledges for refusing...

FINANCE

Greater Manchester councils urged to pay Living Wage

By Jonathan Werran | 23 April 2015

Three Greater Manchester authorities have come under fire for paying their chief executives salar...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Devolution delivered?

By Jonathan Werran | 22 April 2015

Key positions on local government finance, housing and economic growth were staked out in the mai...

ELECTIONS

Electoral Commission hails voter registration surge

By Jonathan Werran | 22 April 2015

Just under half a million voters beat the Monday midnight deadline for registering their vote in ...

CLIMATE CHANGE

'Expect disruption' to civil service after elections

By Jonathan Werran | 21 April 2015

Economic development and public service reform policies could be disrupted by a massive re-engine...

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