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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Standards quango unlikely to heed Cornwall's call for greater sanctions

By Jonathan Werran | 12 July 2013

Quango charged with protecting Nolan principles rejects call for immediate review into stronger p...

SOLACE deems single inspection plans 'inadequate'

By Jonathan Werran | 12 July 2013

Ofsted plans to set up a single inspection framework covering local authority child protection an...

Joint working 'the key to IER'

By Jonathan Werran | 11 July 2013

Imminent plans to usher in the greatest reform to voter registration in 70 years could unlock gre...

Pickles under fire over NHB cut

By Jonathan Werran | 11 July 2013

Communities secretary Eric Pickles forced to allay concerns raised by district councils over £400...

Council chiefs urged to accept polls

By Jonathan Werran | 11 July 2013

Conservative council chiefs must deal with simultaneous local and European polls in 2014, ministe...

Bandwagon rolls for new round of reorganisation

By Jonathan Werran | 11 July 2013

An overhaul of local authority structures in the devolved administrations has highlighted a furth...

LGiU: Whitehall silos could stymie neighbourhood budget expansion

By Jonathan Werran | 10 July 2013

Ambitions to expand neighbourhood community budgets to a further 100 areas could be undermined by...

Cardiff faces up to English style funding cuts

By Jonathan Werran | 09 July 2013

Cardiff Council chiefs must deliver 24% spending cutbacks next year, as Welsh councils adapt to E...

Lock lands top Norfolk children's role on interim basis

By Jonathan Werran | 08 July 2013

Former Leicester City chief executive Sheila Lock today appointed as new interim director of chi...

Nine out of ten claimants unprepared for UC, survey finds

By Jonathan Werran | 08 July 2013

Citizens Advice survey shows 92% of likley claimants for Universal Credit would have one problem ...