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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

LGA sends Osborne list of spending review 'asks'

By Jonathan Werran | 11 March 2013

Council chiefs to send a list of Spending Review demands to chancellor George Osborne ahead of th...

257 authorities take cash to freeze council tax, DCLG figures show

By Jonathan Werran | 08 March 2013

Some 257 local authorities have accepted offer of a grant to freeze council tax for 2013/14, DCLG...

Ministers lift pension investment cap

By Jonathan Werran | 08 March 2013

Councils given freedom to double the amount of pension assets they could invest in local infrastr...

Treasury rushed capital funding cuts, MPs report

By Jonathan Werran | 08 March 2013

Coalition focus on making immediate spending review cuts risked undermining long-term economic ob...

Councils need more time to adopt local plans, National Trust urges

By Jonathan Werran | 07 March 2013

Ministers should extend the deadline for local authorities to formulate local development plans, ...

Pickles blasts Whitehall's 'silo mentality' ahead of Budget

By Jonathan Werran | 07 March 2013

Communities secretary admits he has slammed fellow members of the Cabinet for propping up Whiteha...

Leicestershire's former deputy leader defects to UKIP

By Jonathan Werran | 06 March 2013

David Sprason, former deputy leader of Leicestershire CC’s Conservative group defects to UKIP, vo...

Councils should have legal duty to give post-adoption help, peers report

By Jonathan Werran | 06 March 2013

Local authorities should be legally obliged to give post adoption support, House of Lords Committ...

Winterbourne View firm goes into administration

By Jonathan Werran | 06 March 2013

Castlebeck goes into administration after failing to find a buyer for its remaining 16 facilities.

LGA chiefs refute councils role in childcare cost hike

By Jonathan Werran | 06 March 2013

Council chiefs hit out at claims local authorities have a duty to provide childcare, following Da...