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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

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More free schools could see costs spiral out of control

By Jonathan Werran | 16 May 2014

The coalition’s drive to boost the number of free schools could send capital expenditure costs sp...

Pensions row escalates

By Jonathan Werran | 15 May 2014

Excluding councillors from access to the LGPS will thwart ministerial intentions, council chiefs ...

Worcestershire districts mull plan for shared chief executive

By Jonathan Werran | 15 May 2014

Council leaders from Wychavon DC and Malvern Hills DC are in exploratory discussions over whether...

MPs fear housing fraud could thwart Universal Credit savings

By Jonathan Werran | 15 May 2014

House of Commons committee reports welfare savings promised under Universal Credit could be under...

No capital gain from London

By Jonathan Werran | 13 May 2014

Less than one in four (24%) people living outside London feel their local area derives any econom...

Ministers restate case for BCF objectives

By Jonathan Werran | 12 May 2014

Ministers insist attempts to deliver the ambitions of the BCF are a 'necessity’ if England is to ...

Healey urges radical LEPs overhaul to drive local growth

By Jonathan Werran | 09 May 2014

Local Enterprise Partnerships must be strengthened, streamlined and given access to additional po...

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Angela Scott appointed new Aberdeen chief executive

By Jonathan Werran | 09 May 2014

Aberdeen City Council has appointed the authority’s director of corporate governance, Angela Scot...

Inside View: When the proverbial hits the fan

By Jonathan Werran | 08 May 2014

Margaret Hodge, chair of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), has been influential in bringing mu...

DCLG consults on rules for combined authorities

By Jonathan Werran | 08 May 2014

The Government has launched a consultation on changes to legal structures governing combined auth...

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