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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

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FINANCE

Councils given month to bid for lower loans

By Jonathan Werran | 08 August 2012

Council finance chiefs have one month to submit bids for discounted borrowing from the Public Wor...

WHITEHALL

Unions warn of threat to civil service 'impartiality'

By Jonathan Werran | 08 August 2012

Trade unions representing Whitehall mandarins have warned a coalition review into how governments...

WHITEHALL

The lure of Jhon Lewis style co-operatives

By Jonathan Werran | 08 August 2012

Jonathan Werran asks if local government staff will accept the Government's call to embrace John ...

WHITEHALL

Neill seeks to clarify standards requirements with fresh guidance

By Jonathan Werran | 03 August 2012

Ministers warn council monitoring officers that 'gold plated' approaches to registering councillo...

FINANCE

Local funding-raising rules 'hamper growth'

By Jonathan Werran | 02 August 2012

A leading think-tank has warned, Government restrictions on how councils use locally-raised reven...

FINANCE

By mutual consent: Maude's action plan

By Dominic Browne | 02 August 2012

Ministers have urged council chiefs to explore authorities' appetite for John Lewis style co-oper...

FINANCE

Unitary follows trend and drops chief's role

By Jonathan Werran | 02 August 2012

Shropshire Council to adopt the 'Wiltshire model' of operating without a chief executive followin...

FINANCE

Neill makes radio defence of Coalition CTB plans

By Jonathan Werran | 02 August 2012

Local government minister, Bob Neill, today took to the airwaves defending Coalition plans to loc...

FINANCE

Councils should stop 'dumping' raw data on residents, says PAC

By Jonathan Werran | 01 August 2012

Influential Commons committee lambasts local government for ‘dumping’ onto residents huge amounts...

HEALTH

Minister dashes hopes of 'bigger funding package'

By Jonathan Werran | 01 August 2012

Expectations that the Government would announce a separate funding package for long-term social c...

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