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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

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ECONOMIC GROWTH

Authorities to use MBA to fund infrastructure projects

By Jonathan Werran | 21 April 2015

Councils could soon use the municipal bonds agency (MBA) to secure investment to fund key infrast...

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

SNP to make common cause with cities of the North

By Jonathan Werran | 20 April 2015

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has today promised to help cities in the north of England re-balance t...

DEVOLUTION

Greater Manchester PCC and Wigan leader vie for CA interim mayor post

By Jonathan Werran | 17 April 2015

Wigan MBC leader Lord Peter Smith is to contest the post of interim mayor of Greater Manchester w...

PAY

UKIP vows to slash senior council staff and salaries

By Jonathan Werran | 15 April 2015

UKIP has promised to slash ‘excessive pay deals and golden handshakes for council executives’ in ...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Ofsted social care director to step down

By Jonathan Werran | 15 April 2015

Ofsted’s national director of social care, Debbie Jones, has announced her intention to step down...

EDUCATION

Lib Dems £2.5bn education funding boost pledge

By Jonathan Werran | 15 April 2015

A promise to find an extra £2.5bn for education funding by 2020 forms the centrepiece of the Libe...

FINANCE

Maintaining momentum for efficiency and reform

By Jonathan Werran | 14 April 2015

The next administration risks losing the momentum that has built up over the last five years and ...

ASSET MANAGEMENT

Right to Buy plans 'don't stack up' experts warn

By Jonathan Werran | 14 April 2015

Housing experts have lined up today to attack Conservative plans to extend the Right to Buy schem...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Local government on frontline of manifesto battleground

By Jonathan Werran | 14 April 2015

The Labour and Conservative party manifestos have drawn electoral battle lines over key local gov...

PAY

Rotherham chief's salary could reach £200,000

By Jonathan Werran | 13 April 2015

Rotherham MBC is considering plans to pay a 25% market supplement - potentially boosting the chie...

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