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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

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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...

FINANCE

Give us the money and power to intervene, LGA tells Ofsted

By Jonathan Werran | 11 December 2013

Council chiefs have responded to today’s annual Ofsted report with a call for greater local autho...

Inside View: Autumn Statement a triumph of Orwellian doublethink

By Jonathan Werran | 11 December 2013

General government spending on goods and services could fall to its lowest level as a share of na...

FINANCE

Cuts 'steepest since 1948'

By Jonathan Werran | 11 December 2013

Proposals to return a budget surplus by 2018/19 would necessitate the lowest levels of public spe...

FINANCE

Councils get £16.6m cash boost to fight fraud

By Jonathan Werran | 11 December 2013

Ministers have announced a £16.6m funding boost to help local authorities tackle fraud.

FINANCE

NAO takes issue with Coalition's 'disorderly' local growth plans

By Jonathan Werran | 06 December 2013

Coalition attempts to boost local economic growth since 2010 have failed to deliver value for mon...

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