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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

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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...

Welsh social services overhaul to go live in 2016

By Jonathan Werran | 08 May 2014

Radical legislation for transforming social services in Wales will go live from April 2016, Welsh...

Healey to urge radical overhaul of LEPs

By Jonathan Werran | 08 May 2014

Former Labour local government minister to recommend accelerated devolution of economic policy le...

Mililband pledges bigger council tax penalty on 'ghost homes'

By Jonathan Werran | 07 May 2014

Labour Party Leader Ed Miliband has vowed to impose more punitive council tax charges on ‘ghost h...

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