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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Soulsby wields axe after Leicester children's services 'botch up'

By Jonathan Werran | 09 March 2015

Leicester mayor Sir Peter Soulsby has taken over control of children’s and school’s services in t...

FINANCE

Balls: central government funding to councils would end under Osborne plans

By Jonathan Werran | 09 March 2015

Shadow chancellor Ed Balls today claimed local government service budgets ‘would barely exist’ an...

FINANCE

PAC calls for fairness and certainty over public health funding

By Jonathan Werran | 06 March 2015

Public health inequalities could widen if the funding ring-fence is not maintained and without a ...

FINANCE

London and the North bore brunt of budget cuts, IFS study shows

By Jonathan Werran | 05 March 2015

London boroughs and councils in the North East and North West experienced the largest per-head sp...

FINANCE

Pickles welcomes Cipfa's council tax survey

By Jonathan Werran | 05 March 2015

Average council tax bills across England are set to increase by a mere 1% in 2015, public finance...

WHITEHALL

London's appetite for fiscal freedom has trebled

By Jonathan Werran | 04 March 2015

The number of Londoners wanting greater fiscal devolution has increased threefold to 60% in the l...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Chief executives under pressure from Oxfordshire CSE review

By Jonathan Werran | 04 March 2015

Two council chief executives have come under the spotlight for their role in tackling child sexua...

SOCIAL CARE

'Devolution divide' warning issued over care delivery

By Jonathan Werran | 03 March 2015

County chiefs have this week warned failure by an overly centralised NHS to support radical chang...

WHITEHALL

IT problems mean IER switchover is delayed

By Jonathan Werran | 03 March 2015

A new software glitch afflicting the switchover to Individual Electoral Registration means voting...

DCLG

Ministers call time on Greenwich freesheet

By Jonathan Werran | 03 March 2015

Secretary of State Eric Pickles has served a direction against Greenwich RLBC, forcing it to cut ...

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