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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

LGiU: Whitehall silos could stymie neighbourhood budget expansion

By Jonathan Werran | 10 July 2013

Ambitions to expand neighbourhood community budgets to a further 100 areas could be undermined by...

Cardiff faces up to English style funding cuts

By Jonathan Werran | 09 July 2013

Cardiff Council chiefs must deliver 24% spending cutbacks next year, as Welsh councils adapt to E...

Lock lands top Norfolk children's role on interim basis

By Jonathan Werran | 08 July 2013

Former Leicester City chief executive Sheila Lock today appointed as new interim director of chi...

Nine out of ten claimants unprepared for UC, survey finds

By Jonathan Werran | 08 July 2013

Citizens Advice survey shows 92% of likley claimants for Universal Credit would have one problem ...

Funding gap widens

By Jonathan Werran | 04 July 2013

Councils face an ever-widening funding gap, which is set to expand from £2.8bn in 2013/14 to £14....

LGA Conference 2013: electoral registration fund opens for councils

By Jonathan Werran | 04 July 2013

Local authorities invited to bid from cash pot aimed at getting more social housing tenants on th...

LGA Conference 2013: manage cuts or hike taxes. It's your choice, says Pickles

By Jonathan Werran | 03 July 2013

Communities secretary Eric Pickles tells town hall chiefs he expects them to either manage the ne...

Think-tank slams plans to freeze council tax

By Jonathan Werran | 03 July 2013

Coalition plans to extend the council tax freeze have been criticised by public finance experts f...

DCLG is slapped with £217m fine for 'one night' overdraft

By Jonathan Werran | 03 July 2013

The National Audit Office has published a report stating the Department for Communities and Local...

LGA Conference 2013: fight and resist Whitehall 'Nimbys', Heseltine urges

By Jonathan Werran | 03 July 2013

Lord Heseltine suggests single pot could increase over next spending review, and calls for fight ...