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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

FINANCE

PAC calls for fairness and certainty over public health funding

By Jonathan Werran | 06 March 2015

Public health inequalities could widen if the funding ring-fence is not maintained and without a ...

FINANCE

London and the North bore brunt of budget cuts, IFS study shows

By Jonathan Werran | 05 March 2015

London boroughs and councils in the North East and North West experienced the largest per-head sp...

FINANCE

Pickles welcomes Cipfa's council tax survey

By Jonathan Werran | 05 March 2015

Average council tax bills across England are set to increase by a mere 1% in 2015, public finance...

WHITEHALL

London's appetite for fiscal freedom has trebled

By Jonathan Werran | 04 March 2015

The number of Londoners wanting greater fiscal devolution has increased threefold to 60% in the l...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Chief executives under pressure from Oxfordshire CSE review

By Jonathan Werran | 04 March 2015

Two council chief executives have come under the spotlight for their role in tackling child sexua...

SOCIAL CARE

'Devolution divide' warning issued over care delivery

By Jonathan Werran | 03 March 2015

County chiefs have this week warned failure by an overly centralised NHS to support radical chang...

WHITEHALL

IT problems mean IER switchover is delayed

By Jonathan Werran | 03 March 2015

A new software glitch afflicting the switchover to Individual Electoral Registration means voting...

DCLG

Ministers call time on Greenwich freesheet

By Jonathan Werran | 03 March 2015

Secretary of State Eric Pickles has served a direction against Greenwich RLBC, forcing it to cut ...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Oxfordshire CC accepts blame for CSE failings

By Jonathan Werran | 03 March 2015

Oxfordshire CC has taken responsibility for not acting to end the child sex grooming scandal, whi...

ELECTIONS

Voting chaos won't be repeated in May, Electoral Commission chair vows

By Jonathan Werran | 03 March 2015

Chaotic scenes involving queuing voters locked out of polling booths which marred the 2010 genera...

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