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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

MPs and peers call time on 'convoluted' local skills agenda

By Jonathan Werran | 10 June 2013

Report from MPs and peers set to urge Coalition to give LEPs greater control over skills provisio...

Union condemns 'baffling' threats to northern museums

By Jonathan Werran | 07 June 2013

Civil servants union Prospect condemns as ‘baffling’ plans to introduce charges or threaten closu...

Councils hit out over business rates fears

By Jonathan Werran | 07 June 2013

Council chiefs have called for a systematic rethink of business rates distribution, amid fears th...

'Unnecessary' cash reserves slammed as figures emerge

By Jonathan Werran | 05 June 2013

Eric Pickles has renewed his attack on financial reserves held by councils in advance of this mon...

Get Birmingham building demand city council chiefs

By Jonathan Werran | 05 June 2013

Sir Albert Bore, leader of Birmingham City Council, has joined a growing group of local authority...

Low income families face biggest spending round impact, IFS forecasts

By Jonathan Werran | 04 June 2013

Low income households are set to be the hardest hit by austerity measures to be implemented in th...

Mary queen of high-street flops, pilots research suggests

By Jonathan Werran | 03 June 2013

Ten out fof the 12 towns which received £100,000 government funding to boost their high-street fo...

Whitehall made bumper £10bn efficiency savings, figures show

By Jonathan Werran | 03 June 2013

Central government departments made £10bn in efficiency savings last year, £2bn more than forecas...

Ombudsman criticises West Sussex over handling of care costs case

By Jonathan Werran | 03 June 2013

West Sussex CC ordered to make full apology to a woman for threatening legal action and mishandli...

LGA brands new local health and safety code 'misleading'

By Jonathan Werran | 29 May 2013

Local authorities no longer have to undertake blanket health and safety inspections under a new c...