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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Nottinghamshire appoints Anthony May as next chief

By Jonathan Werran | 05 December 2014

Nottinghamshire CC has unanimously appointed Anthony May to replace Mick Burrows as the county’s ...

'Colossal' local government spending cuts to come

By Jonathan Werran | 04 December 2014

Unprotected areas of public spending – including local government budgets - face ‘cuts on a colo...

Welfare cap still fit, OBR confirms

By Jonathan Werran | 03 December 2014

Independent government economic forecasters have confirmed the Coalition remains on target to mee...

Property experts hail business rates review

By Jonathan Werran | 03 December 2014

Property experts have hailed the chancellor for his pledge to hold a structural review of busines...

Osborne claims deficit reduction remains on track

By Jonathan Werran | 03 December 2014

Chancellor George Osborne today told Parliament the deficit had been halved since 2010 and was fa...

Beyond expectations

By Jonathan Werran | 03 December 2014

Greenwich RLBC scooped the award for innovation in social care through a well-planned approach to...

Alarm as registered voter numbers plummet

By Jonathan Werran | 03 December 2014

Far fewer eligible residents will be registered to vote at next May’s General Election, a Liverpo...

HRA cap shouldn't stymie housing ambitions, Lyons tells LGA

By Jonathan Werran | 02 December 2014

Labour Party housing guru Sir Michael Lyons has cautioned council chiefs to be realistic in the s...

AS 2014: London leaders urge 'sensible' HRA cap lift

By Jonathan Werran | 02 December 2014

A group of leading London political and business leaders have written to The Times asking the cha...

Burstow: boost care worker pay to end exploitation

By Jonathan Werran | 02 December 2014

Former care minister Paul Burstow has urged councils to give home care workers key worker status ...