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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Autumn Statement: Osborne extends austerity

By Jonathan Werran | 06 December 2012

Autumn Statement hits local government with further 2% cuts in 2014/15, extending austerity measu...

Public health funding 'must be ring-fenced'

By Jonathan Werran | 06 December 2012

Local government leaders tell a panel of MPs public health budgets should be ring-fenced until th...

Osborne swings his axe

By Jonathan Werran | 06 December 2012

Local government faces further major cash cuts during the current Spending Review as George Osbor...

'Cut delays in adoption process' urges minister

By Jonathan Werran | 05 December 2012

Ministers have urged poor-performing councils to improve the time taken to place children with ad...

Whitehall's economic growth strategy

By Jonathan Werran | 05 December 2012

Jonathan Werran asks, 'Does Whitehall actually have an economic growth strategy?'

'Break rules to deliver' Pickles tells delegates

By Jonathan Werran | 05 December 2012

Communities secretary Eric Pickles has urged councils to be prepared to 'break the rules' in usin...

Ask me again, minister...

By Jonathan Werran | 04 December 2012

There's a case for our impartial mandarins to consider the more frequent use of letters of direct...

Osborne backs devolution of £58bn growth cash

By Jonathan Werran | 03 December 2012

George Osborne asks departments to justify £49bn pro-growth budgets on eve of Autumn Statement.

Pickles urges 'bold' use of community budgets

By Jonathan Werran | 30 November 2012

Communities secretary Eric Pickles today urged councils to be 'daring', 'bold' and ready to break...

LGiU: Councils must seize end of life care agenda

By Jonathan Werran | 30 November 2012

Some 60% of councils admit procedures for helping people spend the final days of their lives in t...