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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

675,000 households face council tax hikes as CTB transition money ends

By Jonathan Werran | 31 March 2014

Nearly 700,000 working-age households face the prospect of average £120 increases in council tax ...

Wylie Belfast appointment ends Northern Ireland chief executive search

By Jonathan Werran | 31 March 2014

Suzanne Wylie has been appointed Belfast City Council's first-ever female chief executive, the cu...

Ministers stress BCF is a long-term deal

By Jonathan Werran | 28 March 2014

Ministers have written to council chiefs pledging pooled Better Care Fund budgets will last beyon...

'Super councils' seek powers

By Jonathan Werran | 27 March 2014

The Government should equip the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and the four emerging ‘supe...

Gloucester chief Wain to stand down

By Jonathan Werran | 26 March 2014

Gloucester City Council chief executive Julian Wain has announced his intention to stand down at ...

Whitehall Inside View - GOD does wellbeing

By Jonathan Werran | 26 March 2014

Lord O'Donnell's intervention is timely - there's more to life than money as far as voters are co...

Wellbeing is 'true sign of a country's progress'

By Jonathan Werran | 26 March 2014

Government policy-making should be more focused on the social and personal wellbeing of citizens,...

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...