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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

London Councils demands 'clarity' on future welfare system

By Jonathan Werran | 28 January 2014

London Councils hits out at the ‘lack of clarity’ over future of how welfare support services are...

Ministers announce 'fastest' affordable new homes plan in 20 years

By Jonathan Werran | 27 January 2014

Ministers launch £23bn three-year affordable housebuilding programme to build 165,000 homes and s...

Capital's growth overshadows other UK cities

By Jonathan Werran | 27 January 2014

The economic gap between London and other cities has widened, the Centre for Cities annual health...

Gove denies Ofsted rift

By Jonathan Werran | 27 January 2014

Education secretary forced to deny his officials are involved in a smear campaign against Ofsted ...

LGA confirms governance changes

By Jonathan Werran | 24 January 2014

Number of LGA boards trimmed from 10 to 9 and new city and city region boards set up in £144,000 ...

FOI survey reveals capital's £500m emergency housing bill

By Jonathan Werran | 24 January 2014

London boroughs have spent more than half a billion pounds on emergency housing since 2010, a ser...

Merger mania

By Jamie Hailstone | 23 January 2014

Plans to halve the number of Welsh councils could pave the way for greater devolution for English...

IFS: Council tax support cuts harm poorer workers

By Jonathan Werran | 23 January 2014

Some 80% of English local authorities passed on increased council tax charges to working-age hous...

PbR schemes hinder the most vulnerable

By Jonathan Werran | 23 January 2014

Government fixation with payment-by-results (PbR) schemes is discriminating against social sector...

LGA and CfPS unveil new 'thinking toolkit'

By Jonathan Werran | 23 January 2014

LGA and the Centre for Public Scrutiny (CfPS) launch a toolkit containing practical guidance on r...