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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Chiefs doubt Whitehall plans for power shifts

By Jonathan Werran | 24 March 2015

Most council chiefs doubt the next Government will deliver a decentralisation power shift, new re...

Demand management up fourfold since 2011

By Jonathan Werran | 24 March 2015

The number of council chiefs making demand-focused service transformation a ‘significant’ element...

Leadership 'knew all about' botched structural overhaul

By Jonathan Werran | 24 March 2015

Leicester City Council's former interim children's services director has hit back at claims made ...

Oxfordshire in chief executive U-turn vote

By Jonathan Werran | 24 March 2015

Oxfordshire CC members have voted unanimously to reverse plans to abolish the role of chief execu...

NLGN report urges greater council and housing association partnerships

By Jonathan Werran | 24 March 2015

Councils and housing associations should work together to secure better health and wellbeing outc...

LGA: care costs to swallow up council tax revenues

By Jonathan Werran | 24 March 2015

Town hall chiefs have claimed that more than half of the average council tax bill will go toward ...

Parties outline housing policy commitments

By Jonathan Werran | 23 March 2015

Housing policy has taken centre stage as a key manifesto issue for the main political parties, ah...

IFS: Budget leaves public spending 'guessing' game

By Jonathan Werran | 20 March 2015

The path of spending cuts over the next five years ‘seems more uncertain than ever’ following Wed...

Budget 2015: welfare cap fits £21bn savings for Osborne

By Jonathan Werran | 18 March 2015

The Government’s welfare cap is on track to deliver £21bn savings through changes to benefit paym...

Budget 2015: Councils could keep full fruits of business rates growth

By Jonathan Werran | 18 March 2015

Local authorities have provisional agreement to keep the full yield of additional business rates ...