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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Ministers issue recorded votes edict

By Jonathan Werran | 04 February 2014

Ministers have laid out new guidelines forcing councils to publish how individual members vote on...

Councils paying below minimum for home care services, report shows

By Jonathan Werran | 04 February 2014

The majority of English councils are short-changing providers of personal care, reports have sugg...

MP asks police to investigate Carmarthernshire libel indemnity

By Jonathan Werran | 03 February 2014

Follows daming special interest report from Wales Audit Office into 'unlawful' LGPS opt-out and l...

Parsons joins UKIP ticket

By Jonathan Werran | 31 January 2014

Former Conservative leader of Leicestershire CC, David Parsons, switches political allegiances to...

Whitehall logjam

By Jonathan Werran | 31 January 2014

The sector reacts to the Government's latest pronouncement on Community Budgets.

Most London boroughs to freeze council tax

By Jonathan Werran | 31 January 2014

Some 27 out of 33 of the capital's councils will take Government’s cash sweetener to freeze counc...

End in sight for Audit Commission

By Jonathan Werran | 30 January 2014

Dissolution date confirmed for next March after the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 gaine...

Ministers launch social housing review

By Jonathan Werran | 30 January 2014

Independent review into increasing the supply of social housing will question if councils are mak...

Council bill for delivering welfare policies tops £829m

By Jonathan Werran | 30 January 2014

Local government could shave £125m from benefits administration bills if less efficient councils ...

Welsh councils' performance data published

By Jonathan Werran | 29 January 2014

Welsh Government publishes performance data outlining how each of the 22 current local authoritie...