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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Pickles under fire over NHB cut

By Jonathan Werran | 11 July 2013

Communities secretary Eric Pickles forced to allay concerns raised by district councils over £400...

Council chiefs urged to accept polls

By Jonathan Werran | 11 July 2013

Conservative council chiefs must deal with simultaneous local and European polls in 2014, ministe...

Bandwagon rolls for new round of reorganisation

By Jonathan Werran | 11 July 2013

An overhaul of local authority structures in the devolved administrations has highlighted a furth...

LGiU: Whitehall silos could stymie neighbourhood budget expansion

By Jonathan Werran | 10 July 2013

Ambitions to expand neighbourhood community budgets to a further 100 areas could be undermined by...

Cardiff faces up to English style funding cuts

By Jonathan Werran | 09 July 2013

Cardiff Council chiefs must deliver 24% spending cutbacks next year, as Welsh councils adapt to E...

Lock lands top Norfolk children's role on interim basis

By Jonathan Werran | 08 July 2013

Former Leicester City chief executive Sheila Lock today appointed as new interim director of chi...

Nine out of ten claimants unprepared for UC, survey finds

By Jonathan Werran | 08 July 2013

Citizens Advice survey shows 92% of likley claimants for Universal Credit would have one problem ...

Funding gap widens

By Jonathan Werran | 04 July 2013

Councils face an ever-widening funding gap, which is set to expand from £2.8bn in 2013/14 to £14....

LGA Conference 2013: electoral registration fund opens for councils

By Jonathan Werran | 04 July 2013

Local authorities invited to bid from cash pot aimed at getting more social housing tenants on th...

LGA Conference 2013: manage cuts or hike taxes. It's your choice, says Pickles

By Jonathan Werran | 03 July 2013

Communities secretary Eric Pickles tells town hall chiefs he expects them to either manage the ne...