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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

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CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Councils to be investigated as part of child abuse inquiry

By Jonathan Werran | 28 February 2017

Public hearings for the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, which is due to investigate ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Directors leave Sandwell's struggling children's department

By Jonathan Werran | 28 February 2017

Two senior directors responsible for running Sandwell MBC’s beleaguered children’s services depar...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

PM launches child protection taskforce - as Rotherham net widens

By Jonathan Werran | 25 June 2015

Prime minister David Cameron has appointed education secretary Nicky Morgan to launch a new Child...

HEALTH

Call for transformation fund

By Jonathan Werran | 24 June 2015

Embedding prevention within the social care system will require an annual £1.3bn cash injection o...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Leicestershire CA to be revealed

By Jonathan Werran | 24 June 2015

Plans for a combined authority covering Leicester and Leicestershire focusing on land use and pla...

WHITEHALL

Call for devolution test on future laws

By Jonathan Werran | 23 June 2015

Legislation to drive English devolution should be framed to prevent mandarins and ministers from ...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

LGA seeks leave to appeal on business rates

By Jonathan Werran | 23 June 2015

Failure to reform the business rates appeal system so councils can contest appeals could result i...

WHITEHALL

Gove guns for more FOI exemptions

By Jonathan Werran | 22 June 2015

Justice secretary Michael Gove is considering plans to make it more difficult for journalists and...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

LGA sets out key priorities

By Jonathan Werran | 17 June 2015

The Local Government Association (LGA) has chosen five key pieces of legislation from the Queen’s...

WHITEHALL

IFS questions if public sector workers have 'mobility' factor

By Jonathan Werran | 16 June 2015

Leading public finance economists have this week questioned whether the estimated 800,000 governm...

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