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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

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WHITEHALL

The battle for patronage

By Jonathan Werran | 19 September 2012

Questions over how Government appoints to senior public roles took on renewed urgency last week, ...

FINANCE

Casey: troubled famililes' intervention model should adapt

By Jonathan Werran | 18 September 2012

Councils engaged with the Government's initiative to transform the lives of troubled families by ...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Ministers announce £25m core-funding package for LEPs

By Jonathan Werran | 17 September 2012

Ministers have agreed to provide England's 39 local enterprise partnerships core funding over the...

FINANCE

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...

FINANCE

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...

WHITEHALL

Pensions' reform Bill published

By Jonathan Werran | 13 September 2012

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

FINANCE

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...

FINANCE

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...

FINANCE

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...

WHITEHALL

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...

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