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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

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FINANCE

Standards fears raised amid Tory withdrawals

By Jonathan Werran | 19 December 2013

The lighter touch standards regime is under strain, legal experts have warned after Tory councill...

FINANCE

Leeds City Deal at risk of unravelling, Clegg told

By Jonathan Werran | 18 December 2013

The City Deal struck for the Leeds City Region is at risk of unravelling financially, council chi...

Inside View: The problems with public sector pay

By Jonathan Werran | 17 December 2013

This year has been a rotten one for Whitehall’s reputation as a superbly tuned machine.

FINANCE

Watchdog: Government 'failed to learn lessons' of PCC election

By Jonathan Werran | 17 December 2013

Voting watchdogs have hit out at the Home Office over its failure to heed the lessons from last N...

FINANCE

MPs call for civil service reforms

By Jonathan Werran | 17 December 2013

A group of MPs has backed the establishment of a Parliamentary commission on the civil service.

CLIMATE CHANGE

Hanningfield in House of Lords expenses spotlight again

By Jonathan Werran | 17 December 2013

Newspapers report disgraced former Essex CC leader claimed £5,700 attendance allowances in July w...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Conservative councillors exit 'partisan' standards boards in bias rows

By Jonathan Werran | 13 December 2013

Tories in Hackney LBC and Hinckley & Bosworth separately withdraw from local councillor conduct p...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Freud gives Housing Benefit funding promise

By Jonathan Werran | 13 December 2013

Funding levels for housing benefit in 2014/15 will remain sufficient for local authorities ahead ...

FINANCE

LGA seeks funding pledge for statutory transparency code

By Jonathan Werran | 12 December 2013

Council chiefs demand a firm funding commitment to cover the cost of new legally-binding transpar...

FINANCE

Welsh councils face 3.4% grant cuts in 2014/15

By Jonathan Werran | 11 December 2013

Local authorities in Wales will experience 3.4% budget cuts in 2014/15, Welsh local government mi...

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