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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Austerity fears grow amid business rates uncertainty

By Jonathan Werran | 12 July 2017

Continued ‘major uncertainty’ over the Government’s business rates retention plans is forcing fin...

Public sector pay cap remains in force

By Jonathan Werran | 11 July 2017

The Government has held firm in the face of pressure for it to ease-up on below inflation pay awa...

Yorkshire-wide devo deal ruled out by minister

By Jonathan Werran | 11 July 2017

Northern Powerhouse minister Jake Berry has ruled out a Yorkshire-wide devolution deal.

Council finance chiefs urged to remain vigilant

By Jonathan Werran | 10 July 2017

Council chiefs must continue to remain vigilant in scanning ahead for warning signs of a financia...

Combined experience

By Jonathan Werran | 02 May 2017

Local elections have been overshadowed by the snap General Election, but how will the first gener...

Doomed to success?

By Jonathan Werran | 26 April 2017

The snap election has shunted full business rates retention into the sidings. But does the sector...

Council's 'dire finances' under scrutiny by MPs

By Dan Peters | 08 March 2017

A council has denied it is being run ‘incompetently’ after its MP flagged up the state of its fin...

Income generation becoming increasingly important for councils

By Jonathan Werran | 28 February 2017

The majority of local authorities will be unable to manage continued deficit reductions by the en...

Councils to be investigated as part of child abuse inquiry

By Jonathan Werran | 28 February 2017

Public hearings for the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, which is due to investigate ...

Directors leave Sandwell's struggling children's department

By Jonathan Werran | 28 February 2017

Two senior directors responsible for running Sandwell MBC’s beleaguered children’s services depar...