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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Whole of government accounts reveal £2,400bn liabilities

By Jonathan Werran | 13 July 2011

Treasury publishes for first time whole of government accounts (WGA) revealing liabilities totall...

Resource review should reward pro-growth cities, report argues

By Jonathan Werran | 13 July 2011

Cities should keep between 40% and 60% of future business rates a think tank has recommended.

Dilnot commission on funding of care and support

By Jonathan Werran | 12 July 2011

Jonathan Werran assesses the impact and reaction to the Dilnot commission on social care.

Nottingham CC rejects elected mayor vote as 'costly gamble'

By Jonathan Werran | 12 July 2011

Nottingham City Council has voted to oppose government plans to hold a referendum for an elected ...

Government not pulling back from radical changes, claims Cameron

By Jonathan Werran | 12 July 2011

David Cameron has launched the Open Public Services White Paper claiming the coalition was not ‘p...

Cameron vows to end 'Whitehall knows best' dogma

By Jonathan Werran | 11 July 2011

David Cameron will today outline the Government’s long-delayed plans to break the presumption of ...

Statisticians in call to measure councils' job cuts

By Jonathan Werran | 08 July 2011

ONS report states impact of council job losses should be monitored.

Cameron hails revolution in public service transparency

By Jonathan Werran | 07 July 2011

David Cameron has hailed the second-phase widening of the coalition’s transparency agenda.

Cameron renews 'greenest government ever' pledge

By Jonathan Werran | 06 July 2011

David Cameron has committed government departments to reducing carbon emissions by 25% by 2015.

Report reveals scale of errors at FiReControl

By Jonathan Werran | 06 July 2011

Over-reliance on poorly-managed consultants and a cultural inability to share bad news contribute...