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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Councils need local anti-crime incentives, urges Westminster

By Jonathan Werran | 08 October 2012

Local authorities should be given incentives to work with newly appointed PCCs, a flagship Conser...

Parsons apologises for EU expenses' failures

By Jonathan Werran | 05 October 2012

Former Leicestershire CC leader, Cllr David Parsons, has today signed a formal letter of apology.

MPs criticise public sector tax arrangements

By Jonathan Werran | 05 October 2012

Whitehall's culture of reliance on 'hired guns' must end, an influential parliamentary spending w...

Rochdale children's care boss departs

By Jonathan Werran | 05 October 2012

Rochdale MBC's head of children's services,will effectively leave his post today.

Inquiry exposes MPs' fears over employment scheme

By Jonathan Werran | 05 October 2012

MPs have criticised weak arrangements for detecting potential fraud and malpractice at companies ...

Warning for councils over automatic pension scheme

By Jonathan Werran | 03 October 2012

Local government employers must do more to ensure that automatic enrolment into council pension s...

Chiefs demand overhaul of business rate scheme

By Jonathan Werran | 03 October 2012

Council chiefs have demanded 'substantial improvement' to coalition proposals for localised busin...

'Revolutionary' tri-borough library scheme launched

By Jonathan Werran | 03 October 2012

Residents of west and central London gain accesss to 21 libraries and over one million books thro...

London school place 'crisis'

By Jonathan Werran | 03 October 2012

Population pressures and faulty Census data means one in ten London children will lack school pla...

Miliband to pledge apprenticeship boost

By Jonathan Werran | 02 October 2012

Labour Party leader, Ed Miliband, will today set out conference speech proposals focused on the ‘...