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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Public favour same or higher spending levels, survey suggests

By Jonathan Werran | 17 September 2012

Public attitudes are starting to shift in favour of increasing taxes for the first time in over a...

Legal experts fear impact of new transparency rules

By Jonathan Werran | 13 September 2012

Local government legal chiefs seek meeting with DCLG to raise ‘major concerns’ over new transpare...

Pensions' reform Bill published

By Jonathan Werran | 13 September 2012

Ministers publish legislation for reforming public service pensions - which unions have vowed to ...

Councils urged to close commissioning skills gap

By Jonathan Werran | 13 September 2012

Council chiefs should work with Whitehall to improve commissioning of public services, urges thin...

Funding risk to rural schools

By Jonathan Werran | 13 September 2012

County councils this week warned that proposed changes to funding formulas are threatening the fu...

Transparency moves will stall efficiency, say chiefs

By Jonathan Werran | 13 September 2012

Experts have warned government edicts aimed at boosting openness across town halls threatens to s...

Kerswell lands civil service reform role

By Jonathan Werran | 12 September 2012

Former Kent CC managing director, Katherine Kerswell, appointed director general for civil servic...

Public sector employment plummets, figures show

By Jonathan Werran | 12 September 2012

Official figures reveal levels of public sector employment plummeted by 235,000 in the last three...

Rush ahead for chiefs to evaluate PCC plans

By Jonathan Werran | 12 September 2012

Local government chiefs have warned they will have just one week to scrutinise the impact of inco...

Study claims core LEP funding vital for independence

By Jonathan Werran | 12 September 2012

Local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) need core funding to guarantee viability and independence i...