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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

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WHITEHALL

£6.8m aid to round up missing voters

By Jonathan Werran | 13 January 2015

Ministers have given local authorities the lion’s share of a further £10m funding to boost the nu...

WHITEHALL

Improve council fraud incentives, MPs tell DWP

By Jonathan Werran | 13 January 2015

Commons Public Accounts Committee has urged the Department for Work and Pensions to devise strong...

FINANCE

Derby City Council chief executive stands down

By Jonathan Werran | 12 January 2015

Derby City Council chief executive Adam Wilkinson has stood down from his £160,000 a year role, b...

FINANCE

Counties defend planned council tax hike

By Jonathan Werran | 12 January 2015

County council chiefs have defended proposals to increase council tax charges - following a weeke...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

A quiet revolution

By Jonathan Werran | 09 January 2015

Jonathan Owen, chief executive of the National Association of Local Councils wants parish council...

FINANCE

Get to grips with health and social care funding, MPs urge

By Jonathan Werran | 09 January 2015

Government funding decisions about different elements of healthcare and social care have been mad...

FINANCE

Labour MPs lukewarm on mansion tax, poll finds

By Jonathan Werran | 09 January 2015

The majority of MPs believe the creation of higher rate council tax bands is a better way to refo...

PARISH COUNCILS

Ministers publish parish council proposals

By Jonathan Werran | 08 January 2015

Ministers have today published three key measures aimed at making it easier for communities to se...

FINANCE

LGA: NHS cash pledges are 'false economy'

By Jonathan Werran | 08 January 2015

Pledges by political parties to protect and enhance NHS spending at the expense of social care bu...

SOCIAL CARE

New CQC regime rates 70% care services 'good'

By Jonathan Werran | 07 January 2015

Care watchdogs have today published the first set of ratings of adult social care services under ...

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