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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Officials blamed for £500m fire centre failure

By Jonathan Werran | 20 September 2011

Peter Housden singled out by MPs for emerging from the failed FiReControl project with his career...

Edinburgh council property staff facing fraud probe

By Jonathan Werran | 20 September 2011

Scottish police are investigating allegations of fraud centring on Edinburgh City Council’s prope...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Business backs reforms to 'creaking' planning system

By Jonathan Werran | 19 September 2011

Leading businessmen have written to The Times blaming a ‘creaking planning system’ for deterring ...

FINANCE

Lib Dems to float council tax refresh at conference

By Jonathan Werran | 16 September 2011

Councils would be free to set their own levels of property tax under policy proposals being consi...

Hanningfield arrested over council fraud allegations

By Jonathan Werran | 15 September 2011

Police arrest Lord Hanningfield on allegations of false accounting whilst Essex CC council leader...

WHITEHALL

Internal fury over plans to scrap 'fairness' body

By Jonathan Werran | 14 September 2011

Richard Thomas AJTC chair says oversight for the consumer rights of public service users would be...

WHITEHALL

The mass walkout of the government workforce

By Jonathan Werran | 14 September 2011

Jonathan Werran looks at how the Government is preparing for the strikes due to start this Novemb...

BUSINESS

Walsall rapped over dumped vote forms

By Jonathan Werran | 14 September 2011

The Information Commissioner’s Office has found Walsall MBC in breach of data protection laws.

FINANCE

Localised CBT could undermine welfare reforms, NAO warns

By Jonathan Werran | 14 September 2011

A National Audit Office report has warned plans to localise Council Tax Benefit (CBT) decisions r...

FINANCE

PAC chair Hodge queries DCLG's funding fairness

By Jonathan Werran | 13 September 2011

Sir Bob Kerslake tells Parliamentary committee that councils could 'come together to manage fluct...

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