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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Councils face sexual health budget timebomb, experts warn

By Jonathan Werran | 16 September 2013

Local authorities risk share of £137bn public health costs if cuts to sexual health budgets impos...

Ministers could act to break Northern Ireland council deadlock

By Jonathan Werran | 16 September 2013

Assembly ministers might intervene to break deadlock that threatens to scupper local government ...

MPs attack homes regulator

By Jonathan Werran | 12 September 2013

A panel of MPs has raised serious concerns with how the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) reports.

Inside View: Whitehall reform doomed to success?

By Jonathan Werran | 11 September 2013

Among mandarins of an earlier generation any unworkable Government policy that had to be seen to ...

Concerns over judicial review cutback

By Jonathan Werran | 11 September 2013

The chairman of the anti-HS2 51m group has raised concerns over Government plans to limit the num...

Report could claim civil servant's job

By Jonathan Werran | 11 September 2013

Early failure to implement the coalition’s flagship Universal Credit (UC) programme could claim t...

Wood appointed new chief of Cumbria CC

By Jonathan Werran | 11 September 2013

Cumbria CC appoints Diane Wood as its full-time chief executive following a meeting of the full c...

Whitehall departments 'need to co-operate more'

By Jonathan Werran | 11 September 2013

Council chiefs have advised senior MPs that better co-operation between Whitehall departments off...

Casey praises councils for turnaround

By Jonathan Werran | 10 September 2013

Troubled families tsar Louise Casey lauds top-tier councils for work in helping transform the liv...

Jobs not shops vital for strong city centres, think tank urges

By Jonathan Werran | 10 September 2013

Centre for Cities calls for a change in public debate around high streets, with a greater focus o...