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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Plan for centralised Government communications team

By Jonathan Werran | 14 August 2013

Ministers are considering plans to centralise 3,300 press officers working across government depa...

Government boost to small businesses

By Jonathan Werran | 14 August 2013

Government remains on track to meet its target of awarding a quarter of all business contracts to...

Exclusive: Council calls for rethink on 'inadequate' anti-social bill

By Jonathan Werran | 14 August 2013

Westminster City Council chiefs have urged ministers to rethink provisions in the ‘inadequate’ an...

Political donations on the rise, voting watchdog reports

By Jonathan Werran | 13 August 2013

Political parties' coffers recorded 8% cash boost compared with the second quarter of 2012, Elect...

Wandsworth evicts August looter two years on

By Jonathan Werran | 09 August 2013

Wandsworth LBC has evicted a tenant who took part in the August 2011 summer riots from a council-...

Zero hour contracts for councils 'here to stay'

By Jonathan Werran | 08 August 2013

Councils will continue to use controversial ‘zero hours’ contracts to lower local government’s wa...

Foundation picks 20 pioneering early intervention places

By Jonathan Werran | 08 August 2013

Twenty local authority areas have been chosen to provide the evidence base for early intervention...

Here comes the NICE

By Jonathan Werran | 08 August 2013

Health regulator in drive to recruit senior council officials and politicians to shape guidance o...

Wake me up before you quango

By Jonathan Werran | 08 August 2013

The coalition’s ‘bonfire of the quangos’ is nearly complete and has resulted in the abolition or ...

Inside View: Armchair auditors risk being buried under mountain of data

By Jonathan Werran | 07 August 2013

Recent governments have entered power offering localism, but sometimes offering something more mu...