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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Legal experts fear impact of new transparency rules

By Jonathan Werran | 13 September 2012

Local government legal chiefs seek meeting with DCLG to raise ‘major concerns’ over new transpare...

Pensions' reform Bill published

By Jonathan Werran | 13 September 2012

Ministers publish legislation for reforming public service pensions - which unions have vowed to ...

Councils urged to close commissioning skills gap

By Jonathan Werran | 13 September 2012

Council chiefs should work with Whitehall to improve commissioning of public services, urges thin...

Transparency moves will stall efficiency, say chiefs

By Jonathan Werran | 13 September 2012

Experts have warned government edicts aimed at boosting openness across town halls threatens to s...

Funding risk to rural schools

By Jonathan Werran | 13 September 2012

County councils this week warned that proposed changes to funding formulas are threatening the fu...

Kerswell lands civil service reform role

By Jonathan Werran | 12 September 2012

Former Kent CC managing director, Katherine Kerswell, appointed director general for civil servic...

Public sector employment plummets, figures show

By Jonathan Werran | 12 September 2012

Official figures reveal levels of public sector employment plummeted by 235,000 in the last three...

Rush ahead for chiefs to evaluate PCC plans

By Jonathan Werran | 12 September 2012

Local government chiefs have warned they will have just one week to scrutinise the impact of inco...

Study claims core LEP funding vital for independence

By Jonathan Werran | 12 September 2012

Local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) need core funding to guarantee viability and independence i...

Poll highlights lack of trust in privatisation

By Jonathan Werran | 12 September 2012

Union chiefs have demanded an independent inquiry into privatisation, after a survey showed a lac...