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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Public service mutuals need stronger government support, MPs advise

By Jonathan Werran | 08 June 2011

The concept of public service mutuals is not well understood in local and central government, an ...

Suffolk residents vote against councils merger

By Jonathan Werran | 07 June 2011

Residents in central and south Suffolk failed to find common cause for merging Babergh and Mid Su...

Partnership for Schools axed by Gove

By Jonathan Werran | 07 June 2011

Education quango Partnerships for Schools (PfS) has been closed down and replaced with the Educat...

Downing Street mandarin snared in Southern Cross crisis

By Jonathan Werran | 07 June 2011

The civil servant in charge of Downing Street has become embroiled in the Southern Cross care hom...

Ofsted wants new adoption checks to put children first

By Jonathan Werran | 07 June 2011

Ofsted has launched a consultation on proposed changes for the inspection of adoption and fosteri...

Health and education departments go their own way with PFI schemes

By Jonathan Werran | 06 June 2011

Education ministers are planning to build new schools under PFI, while counterparts in Health fav...

Councils missing out on shared services cost savings

By Jonathan Werran | 06 June 2011

Local authorities are failing to use shared services to drive cost savings and efficiency gains, ...

Naked civil servant exposed

By Jonathan Werran | 06 June 2011

The DCLG has confirmed reports that a senior official has been suspended for using Twitter to mak...

Councils failing to plan for savings targets

By Jonathan Werran | 06 June 2011

A quarter of councils don’t expect to meet savings targets by 2014 and 40% have no approved plan ...

Osborne rejects economists call for 'plan B'

By Jonathan Werran | 06 June 2011

George Osborne has rejected the call from a group of economists and academics to adopt a ‘plan B’...