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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Creating true value

By Jonathan Werran | 07 December 2021

Local government must mark a decade of social value with purpose driven procurement, writes chief...

Ducking for apples

By Jonathan Werran | 02 November 2021

Jonathan Werran analyses the Spending Review’s announcements on the centrally-controlled funds di...

The 'sticky' stuff

By Jonathan Werran | 26 October 2021

Local government has a battle on its hand with ministers to convince it can make policy cohere at...

Lagging behind the retrofit challenge

By Jonathan Werran | 21 October 2021

We risk deepening a divide between rich and poor and different parts of the compass unless we loc...

How to build communities

By Jonathan Werran | 05 October 2021

We need a long-term approach to investing in housing and placemaking that puts the needs of commu...

Just when you thought it was safe

By Jonathan Werran | 31 August 2021

The first multi-year public finance settlement for many years might not answer every question, bu...

Planning for posterity

By Jonathan Werran | 17 August 2021

If we want to ensure the younger generation doesn’t miss out on housing opportunities, the focus ...

Sharpening the commercial edge

By Jonathan Werran | 16 June 2021

The case for well-managed council commercial activity is one that needs to be defended if we want...

Playing it long

By Jonathan Werran | 02 June 2021

A Localis policy webinar on long-term local government finances indicated strategic pragmatism w...

Local results will supercharge the levelling up ambitions

By Jonathan Werran | 07 May 2021

The Conservative government is now set to enjoy an assured position of dominance and power at loc...