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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Most London boroughs to freeze council tax

By Jonathan Werran | 31 January 2014

Some 27 out of 33 of the capital's councils will take Government’s cash sweetener to freeze counc...

End in sight for Audit Commission

By Jonathan Werran | 30 January 2014

Dissolution date confirmed for next March after the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 gaine...

Ministers launch social housing review

By Jonathan Werran | 30 January 2014

Independent review into increasing the supply of social housing will question if councils are mak...

Council bill for delivering welfare policies tops £829m

By Jonathan Werran | 30 January 2014

Local government could shave £125m from benefits administration bills if less efficient councils ...

Welsh councils' performance data published

By Jonathan Werran | 29 January 2014

Welsh Government publishes performance data outlining how each of the 22 current local authoritie...

Inside View: 467 days and counting

By Jonathan Werran | 29 January 2014

The Fixed-Terms Parliament Act slipped silently past the notice of an oblivious nation in 2011.

Gag deals 'hide failures'

By Jonathan Werran | 29 January 2014

The Treasury must take a more robust approach to the use of so-called ‘gagging clauses,’ a House ...

Union warns against property records overhaul

By Jonathan Werran | 29 January 2014

Plans to modernise HM Land Registry could undermine public confidence in property records, the tr...

No 10 not heeding county's growth cry, claims CCN chair

By Jonathan Werran | 29 January 2014

Cllr David Hodge demands greater role for counties in growth agenda at inaugural meeting of the C...

Barnet LBC reverts to committee system

By Jonathan Werran | 29 January 2014

Barnet LBC to change governance structures and move from a cabinet to a committee system, it has ...