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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Watchdog raises concerns over standards supervision

By Jonathan Werran | 04 September 2013

Coercion against councillors and senior officers will be difficult to monitor under the current s...

Scrap two-tier arrangements and start again in Essex, says Braintree leader

By Jonathan Werran | 04 September 2013

The leader of an Essex district council has called for a reorganisation that would see his own au...

East Dorset DC elects new leader

By Jonathan Werran | 03 September 2013

Cllr Ian Monks voted East Dorset DC's new leader following the election of previous council chief...

Former Kingston leader charged with child porn offences

By Jonathan Werran | 23 August 2013

Former Kingston RLBC leader, Derek Osbourne, was this week charged with possessing and distributi...

Homes backlog fears

By Jonathan Werran | 22 August 2013

Town hall bosses have denied the planning system is to blame for the lack of new housing as exper...

Benn scathing about Pickles' performance

By Jonathan Werran | 22 August 2013

Shadow communities secretary Hilary Benn has accused Eric Pickles of not appearing the ‘least bit...

Whitehall consultancy spend to 'top £830m'

By Jonathan Werran | 21 August 2013

Whitehall’s spend on external consultants increased by more than £500m last year.

Bedroom tax error leads to Scottish funding shortfall

By Jonathan Werran | 21 August 2013

An accounting error over Discretionary Housing Payment (DHP) allocations has resulted in a cash s...

Better controls urged to raise tax take by £20bn

By Jonathan Werran | 19 August 2013

Local government chiefs have urged national tax authorities to be as efficient in collecting levi...

Sector backs Doncaster counter-proposal

By Jonathan Werran | 16 August 2013

Doncaster Council gains strong sector backing for alternative plans that would keep link between ...