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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

LGA calls for guarantees over social care funds

By Jonathan Werran | 17 February 2015

Council chiefs have urged chancellor George Osborne to fully fund local authorities for new burde...

Councils warned to 'check first, pay later' to fight fraud

By Jonathan Werran | 17 February 2015

Senior local authority managers should understand the risks of fraud and ensure councils are usin...

Departing Oxfordshire chief set for £574,000 payoff

By Jonathan Werran | 17 February 2015

Soon to depart Oxfordshire CC chief executive Joanna Simons is in line for a payoff worth around ...

£428m cash transfer to cover infant public health duties confirmed

By Jonathan Werran | 16 February 2015

Ministers have agreed a £425m funding allocation to local authorities to cover the transfer of pu...

Hunt for chief on hold at crisis-hit Rotherham

By Jonathan Werran | 10 February 2015

The hunt for the next chief executive of crisis-hit Rotherham MBC has been put on hold awaiting t...

Row brewing over use of reserve council cash

By Jonathan Werran | 10 February 2015

Council chiefs have hit back at ministerial claims the sector is sitting on a £21bn hoard of cash...

Report earmarks potential savings from digital tech

By Jonathan Werran | 10 February 2015

Councils could make more than £5bn total savings through better use of digital technology over th...

Gaming the Budget 2015

By Jonathan Werran | 10 February 2015

All eyes will be on the pre-election Budget on 18 March, but the real political spending choices ...

LGA defends councils' £21bn reserve cash pile

By Jonathan Werran | 10 February 2015

Council chiefs have claimed the sector’s financial reserves totalling £21.4bn are all that stands...

Wirral appoints Staffs CC deputy as new chief executive

By Jonathan Werran | 06 February 2015

Wirral MBC has appointed Staffordshire CC deputy chief executive Eric Robinson as its new chief e...