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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

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FINANCE

LGA devolution paper calls for new partnership with government

By Jonathan Werran | 21 May 2015

Council chiefs have issued a white paper outlining how devolution should spread throughout Englan...

WHITEHALL

DCLG ministerial roles confirmed

By Jonathan Werran | 21 May 2015

Roles and responsibilities for the new ministerial line up at the Department for Communities and ...

WHITEHALL

Osborne's mayoral bombshell divides English big city leaders

By Jonathan Werran | 20 May 2015

Chancellor George Osborne’s controversial offer to restrict radical devolution deals solely to ar...

FINANCE

Chief executives call for talks over DIP reforms

By Jonathan Werran | 20 May 2015

Council chiefs have urged the Government to repeal measures aimed at making it easier to dismiss ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Dealer's choice

By Jonathan Werran | 19 May 2015

City devolution seized the news agenda last week with the chancellor’s announcement of a City Dev...

FINANCE

NAPF: Clark must help plug £47bn LGPS deficit

By Jonathan Werran | 19 May 2015

Communities minister Greg Clark must prioritise management of the £47bn local government pension ...

FINANCE

Conservative and Lib Dem coalition takes power in York

By Jonathan Werran | 19 May 2015

A coalition of Conservative and Liberal Democrat councillors has taken control of York City Counc...

WHITEHALL

'Coasting' schools face forcible academy conversion

By Jonathan Werran | 18 May 2015

'Coasting' schools with mediocre performance will face quicker government intervention, education...

FINANCE

Labour 'played off the park' in devolution stakes, Core Cities told

By Jonathan Werran | 15 May 2015

The Labour Party has been ‘played off the park’ by their Conservative opponents in the devolution...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Core Cities issue devolution declaration

By Jonathan Werran | 14 May 2015

Leaders of the Core Cities group today launched a devolution declaration aimed at setting urban a...

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