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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Inside View: The prospects for Whitehall reform

By Jonathan Werran | 07 January 2014

As mandarins return to their desks at the start of the New Year, what are the prospects for White...

Defra flooded with Environment Agency job cut protests

By Jonathan Werran | 07 January 2014

A civil service trade union has called for a freeze on further job cuts in the Environment Agency.

'Localism betrayed' by police settlement top-slicing

By Jonathan Werran | 07 January 2014

Plans to top-slice funding in next year’s provisional police settlement betray a lack of confiden...

HB axe to under 25s 'a dangerous move' housing experts warn

By Jonathan Werran | 07 January 2014

Chartered Institute of Housing chief Grainia Long attacks Chancellor's plans to control welfare ...

Osborne: '2014 is a year of hard truths'

By Jonathan Werran | 06 January 2014

Chancellor warns there is a long way to go with £60bn deficit reductions over next four years in ...

Police drop Parsons expenses case

By Jonathan Werran | 03 January 2014

Police and CPS to take no further action over expenses allegations that led to downfall of former...

'Boris of the North' needed to win spending round battles, IPPR urges

By Jonathan Werran | 02 January 2014

Five combined authorities in the North of England should speak with a single voice when lobbying ...

Hasten health plans, chiefs told

By Jonathan Werran | 19 December 2013

Ministers have today urged local authorities to quickly develop plans for integrating care and he...

Standards fears raised amid Tory withdrawals

By Jonathan Werran | 19 December 2013

The lighter touch standards regime is under strain, legal experts have warned after Tory councill...

Leeds City Deal at risk of unravelling, Clegg told

By Jonathan Werran | 18 December 2013

The City Deal struck for the Leeds City Region is at risk of unravelling financially, council chi...