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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Data experts call for central-local spending parity

By Jonathan Werran | 26 June 2014

Whitehall should be subject to the same £500 threshold for spending transparency as local governm...

DCLG seeking planning partners

By Jonathan Werran | 25 June 2014

Commercial partner sought to run online one-stop-shop for processing planning applications.

Funding accountability fears raised for DCLG

By Jonathan Werran | 25 June 2014

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) must rise to the challenge of ensuring...

Inside View: Things fall apart

By Jonathan Werran | 25 June 2014

The centre, in the form of the Cabinet Office and the Treasury must hold its grip over 17 Whiteha...

DWP brought to task over work assessment 'fiasco'

By Jonathan Werran | 25 June 2014

PAC accuses Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) of letting down some of the most vulnerable pe...

Betts raises alarm over 'inaccurate' real terms spending figures

By Jonathan Werran | 25 June 2014

The Government should stick to an agreed single measure of local government spending power when d...

IDS think-tank urges Royal Commission over child protection failures

By Jonathan Werran | 24 June 2014

Centre for Social Justice report condemns current child protection measures and urges set up of a...

Unison set for 10 July walkout after strike vote

By Jonathan Werran | 24 June 2014

Council bosses have branded as ‘disappointing’ the decision by members of the Unison trade union ...

Council strike ballot results loom

By Jonathan Werran | 23 June 2014

Results of strike ballots involving main local government unions due this week - as trade unions ...

Only inner London has returned to pre-recession levels of job creation

By Jonathan Werran | 23 June 2014

All parts of the country aside from inner London have failed to return to pre-recession levels of...