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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

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...

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...