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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Political cost of Lib Dems' broken tuition fees promise incalculable

By Jonathan Werran | 01 May 2014

Paul Johnson, director of economics think-tank the IFS, has accused chancellor George Osborne of ...

Compulsory voting 'will fail'

By Jonathan Werran | 01 May 2014

Making first-time voting compulsory would fail as a quick fix to combat young people’s disaffecti...

PbR scheme sees 11% cut in re-offending rates

By Jonathan Werran | 01 May 2014

Justice ministers have hailed the results of a pilot Payment by Results (PbR) scheme designed to ...

Unison demands ACAS talks with LGA over pay

By Jonathan Werran | 01 May 2014

Trade union Unison has today urged the Local Government Association (LGA) to enter arbitration ta...

PM praises 'troubled families' progress

By Jonathan Werran | 01 May 2014

David Cameron today lauded the progress of the DCLG’s troubled families programme for its success...

DCMS set to empower authorities over high street betting

By Jonathan Werran | 30 April 2014

Ministers have today pledged to give local authorities more control over the number and clusterin...

Labour promises robust local oversight of education

By Jonathan Werran | 30 April 2014

An incoming Labour Government would reintroduce strong local oversight of schools, shadow educati...

Unite joins strike call in rejection of 1% pay deal

By Jonathan Werran | 30 April 2014

Members of the Unite trade union are set to vote on taking industrial action after rejecting the ...

City councils 'key to effective joint-working'

By Jonathan Werran | 30 April 2014

Cities hoping to see their local economies bloom from collaborative partnerships between universi...

UCAS criticism over data sharing

By Jonathan Werran | 30 April 2014

Council chiefs have hit out at the university admissions service, for refusing to share details o...