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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Watchdog slams DfE's light-touch for allowing schools failure to go undetected

By Jonathan Werran | 30 January 2015

Some schools are falling through the gaps and failing undetected because of confusion arising fro...

Caerphilly approves 'unlawful' buy-out payments

By Jonathan Werran | 29 January 2015

Caerphilly County councillors have voted to sanction more than £220,000 in payouts to senior mana...

Voter time bomb warning

By Jonathan Werran | 29 January 2015

The leader of the Local Government Association’s (LGA) Labour Group has urged Parliament to inter...

Asian communities at risk of 'unscrupulous' campaigners, voting watchdog warns

By Jonathan Werran | 28 January 2015

Voters in some British Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities remain vulnerable to political peer ...

MPs warn that councils may not meet legal duties

By Jonathan Werran | 27 January 2015

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) would not be able to guarantee every l...

Barnett's importance to grow 'with extra features on top'

By Jonathan Werran | 27 January 2015

An economist from a leading public finance think-tank has refuted ministerial claims that the con...

Twin-hat directors 'not best way to gain credibility'

By Jonathan Werran | 27 January 2015

A county chief executive has questioned SOLACE director Graeme McDonald’s assertion in last week’...

Jobs warning after shared services announcement

By Jonathan Werran | 27 January 2015

A trade union has expressed fears that plans to set up shared staff arrangements across two south...

SOLACE policy board urges boost in managerial capacity

By Jonathan Werran | 27 January 2015

Local government must improve its managerial capacity and learn to build strategic alliances nati...

Council chiefs seek ministerial talks over £100m DoLS care costs

By Jonathan Werran | 27 January 2015

Council chiefs have demanded a meeting with care minister Norman Lamb to address a legal ruling t...