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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

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'Boris of the North' needed to win spending round battles, IPPR urges

By Jonathan Werran | 02 January 2014

Five combined authorities in the North of England should speak with a single voice when lobbying ...

FINANCE

Hasten health plans, chiefs told

By Jonathan Werran | 19 December 2013

Ministers have today urged local authorities to quickly develop plans for integrating care and he...

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Standards fears raised amid Tory withdrawals

By Jonathan Werran | 19 December 2013

The lighter touch standards regime is under strain, legal experts have warned after Tory councill...

FINANCE

Leeds City Deal at risk of unravelling, Clegg told

By Jonathan Werran | 18 December 2013

The City Deal struck for the Leeds City Region is at risk of unravelling financially, council chi...

Inside View: The problems with public sector pay

By Jonathan Werran | 17 December 2013

This year has been a rotten one for Whitehall’s reputation as a superbly tuned machine.

FINANCE

Watchdog: Government 'failed to learn lessons' of PCC election

By Jonathan Werran | 17 December 2013

Voting watchdogs have hit out at the Home Office over its failure to heed the lessons from last N...

FINANCE

MPs call for civil service reforms

By Jonathan Werran | 17 December 2013

A group of MPs has backed the establishment of a Parliamentary commission on the civil service.

CLIMATE CHANGE

Hanningfield in House of Lords expenses spotlight again

By Jonathan Werran | 17 December 2013

Newspapers report disgraced former Essex CC leader claimed £5,700 attendance allowances in July w...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Conservative councillors exit 'partisan' standards boards in bias rows

By Jonathan Werran | 13 December 2013

Tories in Hackney LBC and Hinckley & Bosworth separately withdraw from local councillor conduct p...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Freud gives Housing Benefit funding promise

By Jonathan Werran | 13 December 2013

Funding levels for housing benefit in 2014/15 will remain sufficient for local authorities ahead ...

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