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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Rock Enrol Tsar

By Jonathan Werran | 06 August 2013

Ministers today urged local groups to bid for schools outreach programme aimed at boosting electo...

Councils could build 6,000 new homes from ringfenced stamp duty

By Jonathan Werran | 06 August 2013

Capital would be the greatest beneficiary of plans to localise stamp duty, figures unearthed by t...

Boles loses wind farm role

By Jonathan Werran | 02 August 2013

Planning minister Nick Boles was stripped of his role for wind farm policy in April because of a ...

Row over New Homes Bonus funds as counties hit out over contributions

By Jonathan Werran | 01 August 2013

CCN hits out at Government plans to make upper tier authorities in shire areas yield full share o...

More spending pain as 'further £1bn' cuts loom

By Jonathan Werran | 01 August 2013

Council chiefs have warned local government faces an additional £1bn hit to spending – effectivel...

Frankie says 'Don't relax'

By Jonathan Werran | 31 July 2013

Francis Maude's Whitehall reforms will force mandarins to stay behind after class until they can ...

Inside View - It's a fixed (term)

By Jonathan Werran | 31 July 2013

Jonathan Werran examines the policy and practical implications of the fixed-term Parliaments Act ...

Pickles hits back as PCS launches legal battle

By Jonathan Werran | 31 July 2013

Communities secretary defends his plans to rein in trade union activity within the DCLG.

Key fears underlined as UC pilot results revealed

By Jonathan Werran | 31 July 2013

Welfare ministers have insisted lessons learned from 13 local authority pilots trialling the tran...

Firefighter pensions under consultation

By Jonathan Werran | 31 July 2013

Fire minister launches consultation on firefighters’ pensions to address long-standing discrimina...