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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Voting watchdog launches IER campaign

By Jonathan Werran | 03 July 2014

Electoral Commission launches major awareness campaign alerting public to expect a letter from th...

Voluntary restructuring to benefit authorities

By Jonathan Werran | 03 July 2014

Local authorities in two-tier areas would benefit from a ‘new generation of policy’ that would he...

Welsh chief executives' salaries subject to new transparency rules

By Jonathan Werran | 01 July 2014

Welsh council chief executives wage settlements will be subject to new transparency arrangements,...

Commission tells Tower Hamlets to heed polling advice

By Jonathan Werran | 01 July 2014

Voting watchdog urges Tower Hamlets LBC to put its electoral arrangements in order - as Pickles e...

Unite members to join mass walkout

By Jonathan Werran | 30 June 2014

Trade union Unite becomes the third trade union representing town hall staff to join the mass wal...

Lewis derides LGA £5.8bn funding gap claims as 'alarmist'

By Jonathan Werran | 30 June 2014

Local government minister Brandon Lewis dismisses council chiefs' calculations of £5.8bn funding ...

GMB to join 10 July mass walkout

By Jonathan Werran | 27 June 2014

Members of trade union join Unison in rejecting council bosses' 1% pay offer to join 10 July day ...

MSPs want new commission to review council tax replacement

By Jonathan Werran | 27 June 2014

The Scottish Government should establish an independent commission to consider alternatives to co...

NAO: benefit fraud and error 'unacceptably high'

By Jonathan Werran | 27 June 2014

Fraud and error accounts for 2% of £164bn welfare spend, but slight dip recorded following abolit...

Councils on parade for Armed Forces Day

By Jonathan Werran | 26 June 2014

Most councils will mark Armed Forces Day this weekend, having pledged to support service personne...