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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Ministers publish parish council proposals

By Jonathan Werran | 08 January 2015

Ministers have today published three key measures aimed at making it easier for communities to se...

LGA: NHS cash pledges are 'false economy'

By Jonathan Werran | 08 January 2015

Pledges by political parties to protect and enhance NHS spending at the expense of social care bu...

New CQC regime rates 70% care services 'good'

By Jonathan Werran | 07 January 2015

Care watchdogs have today published the first set of ratings of adult social care services under ...

PAC Hodge wants LGA help with off-payroll crackdown

By Jonathan Werran | 07 January 2015

A public spending watchdog has urged the Local Government Association (LGA) to continue working w...

Merger programme 'at risk of engulfing' pioneering councils

By Jonathan Werran | 06 January 2015

Innovative Welsh councils risk being subsumed by the planned voluntary merger programme, a Welsh ...

LGA: council tax support puts authorities in 'impossible position'

By Jonathan Werran | 06 January 2015

Last year’s fall in council tax collection rates was greater in areas which set higher minimum pa...

Thanet chief executive resigns

By Jonathan Werran | 05 January 2015

Thanet DC chief executive Dr Sue McGonigal has resigned from her post following a six-month leave...

'Public health expenditure must remain ring-fenced'

By Jonathan Werran | 16 December 2014

Local authority public health expenditure should be ring-fenced for the foreseeable future, the c...

'Don't axe the NHB' councils tell Labour

By Dan Peters | 16 December 2014

District chiefs have hit out at Labour Party proposals to axe the New Homes Bonus (NHB), claiming...

Force councils to adopt local plans, CLG committee demands

By Jonathan Werran | 16 December 2014

Government planning reforms should be amended to tackle anxieties about inappropriate and unsusta...