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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Ministers in the dark over cuts

By Jonathan Werran | 26 March 2014

Ministers have no clear understanding as to how massive spending cuts slated for the next Parliam...

DCLG holds the line on council tax freeze

By Jonathan Werran | 26 March 2014

Eric Pickles hails official figures showing three-in-five English councils have accepted a Govern...

DCLG hits back at accusations over Help to Buy

By Jonathan Werran | 26 March 2014

Eric Pickles defends the DCLG’s role in the £3.7bn Help to Buy equity loan scheme, following a se...

Sir Merrick's fiscal rallying cry

By Jonathan Werran | 26 March 2014

Local authorities should be free to set the pace of their own fiscal devolution, chairman of the ...

Aberdeen chief steps down

By Jonathan Werran | 25 March 2014

Valerie Watts, chief executive of Aberdeen City Council, to take up new top post with Health and ...

Sandwell wins landmark FOI ruling against DfE

By Jonathan Werran | 25 March 2014

Sandwell Council has won a legal battle forcing the Department for Education (DfE) to disclose wh...

Hand over public property assets to councils, LGA urges

By Jonathan Werran | 24 March 2014

Local authorities should take ownership of NHS and other public property assets to fast-track ho...

Ofsted rules Coventry's children's services 'inadequate'

By Jonathan Werran | 21 March 2014

Schools regulator Ofsted brands Coventry City Council’s children’s services 'inadequat'e in the a...

Town Hall Rich List has got poorer, MPs tell its authors

By Jonathan Werran | 20 March 2014

MPs have clashed with the campaign group responsible for producing the Town Hall Rich List.

MPs' warning on crisis loans

By Jonathan Werran | 20 March 2014

Ministers must act on crisis loans, MPs have demanded this week.