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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

WHITEHALL

Outgoing DCLG permanent secretary elevated to peerage

By Jonathan Werran | 26 February 2015

Outgoing permanent secretary for the Department for Communities and Local Government, Sir Bob Ker...

FINANCE

PAC blasts Whitehall's 'flawed' BCF integration plans

By Jonathan Werran | 25 February 2015

Influential MPs have castigated ‘flawed’ Government attempts to pool health and care budgets – a...

FINANCE

Councils must help curb zero-hours contracts, Unison boss urges

By Jonathan Werran | 25 February 2015

Local government bosses should lead by example and ensure no staff are engaged on controversial z...

FINANCE

Cotswold DC claims council tax cutting crown

By Jonathan Werran | 25 February 2015

Cotswold DC has boasted the country’s biggest cut in council tax charges this year, after announc...

SOCIAL CARE

Greater Manchester to get control of £6bn health budget

By Jonathan Werran | 25 February 2015

Local leaders in Greater Manchester are poised to take control of an integrated £6bn health and s...

PLANNING

Exclude rural areas from Right to Buy says CIH

By Jonathan Werran | 24 February 2015

Rural communities should be exempted from the Government’s Right to Buy programme in order to pre...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Work programme could create up to 90,000 jobs

By Jonathan Werran | 24 February 2015

Local versions of Whitehall’s flagship Work Programme could help create up to 90,000 jobs and sav...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Registration headache as IER isolates thousands of voters

By Jonathan Werran | 24 February 2015

Voting watchdogs have come under pressure this week after it emerged there were 920,000 fewer ent...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Essex chief executive to leave for new KPMG role

By Jonathan Werran | 24 February 2015

Essex CC chief executive Joanna Killian is set to leave the county to take up a new role as a par...

PAY

Tendring chief donates pay rise to lowest paid staff

By Jonathan Werran | 24 February 2015

Tendring DC chief executive Ian Davidson has forsaken his annual pay rise to ensure the council’s...

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