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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Chiefs back plan for investment agency

By Jonathan Werran | 12 January 2012

Council chiefs are poised to approve plans to create a collective agency to raise investment fund...

Lack of structure 'hurts youngsters'

By Jonathan Werran | 12 January 2012

Annual youth survey shows pupils who struggle at school over twice as likely to grow up lacking a...

NAVCA welcomes EU commissioning move

By Jonathan Werran | 12 January 2012

Proposals to simplify EU procurement rules for social, health and education services find sector ...

Charities win fight over city plan to slash funds

By Jonathan Werran | 12 January 2012

Derby City Council extends funding to 16 charities, warning cost-cutting decommissioning didn't f...

Unions split over pensions as Unite rejects offer

By Jonathan Werran | 11 January 2012

Trade unions take different paths local government pension scheme talks, as Unison agrees to 'in-...

Governance code must be mandatory, claims expert

By Jonathan Werran | 11 January 2012

A finance expert has warned abolition of the Audit Commission highlights the need for the CIPFA/S...

Directors 'on leave' as city mayor wields axe

By Jonathan Werran | 11 January 2012

Three senior managers at Leicester City Council take 'gardening leave', following a pre-Christma...

Greening gives HS2 go-ahead

By Jonathan Werran | 11 January 2012

Transport secretary Justine Greening has given the go-ahead to the first phase of the controversi...

London Councils lobby MPs over 'complex' finance Bill

By Jonathan Werran | 09 January 2012

London Councils has asked the Government to reconsider funding proposals it claims are 'overly co...

MPs urge social housing right to buy boost

By Jonathan Werran | 06 January 2012

Two leading MPs call on the Government to change the law stopping one million social housing tena...