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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Five LGPS funds seek pro-growth investment vehicle

By Jonathan Werran | 23 May 2013

Five local authority pension funds seeking to create an investment project to deliver fiduciary r...

Pension schemes face new wave of reform

By Jonathan Werran | 22 May 2013

Further sweeping changes to England and Wales’ 89 town hall pension schemes including mergers are...

Commission demands big improvement in electoral registration

By Jonathan Werran | 22 May 2013

Voting watchdogs have warned, local authority returning officers must improve the accuracy of hou...

'Choice charter' tackles public's expectations

By Jonathan Werran | 22 May 2013

Ministers have published a charter setting out standards of service the public sector should aspi...

The belly of a lobbyist

By Jonathan Werran | 22 May 2013

Councils' ability to seek influence will be curtailed under the Local Audit and Accountability Bi...

Dial in to the Sir Ken and Brandon show

By Jonathan Werran | 22 May 2013

Fire and rescue authorities asked take part in teleconference with Sir Ken Knight to debate his ...

Universal Credit will respect localism, minister claims

By Jonathan Werran | 21 May 2013

Lord Freud writes to councils explaining the role local authorities will play in helping deliver ...

MPs query if Work Programme can help most vulnerable jobseekers

By Jonathan Werran | 21 May 2013

A group of MPs has questioned whether the Coalition’s flagship welfare to work scheme is helping ...

Charity boss blasts councils' £2bn B&B spending

By Jonathan Werran | 20 May 2013

Crisis chief hits out at figures showing UK's twelve biggest cities spent £1.88bn on temporary ac...

Ministers publish 'choice charter'

By Jonathan Werran | 20 May 2013

Open Public Services' update includes aspirational targets for service quality.