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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Children of public sector workers to be pushed into poverty, says TUC

By Jonathan Werran | 24 June 2013

Some 180,000 children who have at least one parent working in the public sector are set to fall i...

Norfolk children's director to stand down

By Jonathan Werran | 24 June 2013

Norfolk CC director of children’s services Lisa Christensen to step down after concerted attack f...

LGPS consultation to cut scheme costs launched

By Jonathan Werran | 21 June 2013

Further LGPS mergers possible after government and LGA launch a consultation into significantly r...

'Bedroom tax' councils could lose HB subsidies, Lord Freud warns

By Jonathan Werran | 20 June 2013

Housing Benefit subsidies could be axed for councils trying to get around ‘bedroom tax’ by re-des...

Wilshaw: educational failure has shifted to East and South East

By Jonathan Werran | 20 June 2013

Educational underperformance have migrated from inner-cities to leafy suburbs, rural and coastal ...

Exclusive: Commissioning Academy open for business

By Jonathan Werran | 20 June 2013

The Cabinet Office has announced the first wave of councils to join the Commissioning Academy.

Community budget fears dismissed as 'hogwash'

By Jonathan Werran | 20 June 2013

Local government minister Brandon Lewis has dismissed as 'absolute hogwash' criticisms that the c...

Slow services revamp slammed by watchdog

By Jonathan Werran | 20 June 2013

The Government is 'lagging behind' in efforts to redesign public services, watchdogs have said.

Councils should use reserves to pay workers, Unison says

By Jonathan Werran | 19 June 2013

Councils should dip into their estimated £16bn cash reserves to fund a 'decent' wage settlement f...

After SR13, the deluge?

By Jonathan Werran | 18 June 2013

French history suggests Whitehall departments will struggle to decentralise budgets, says Jonatha...