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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Bolton leader rejects call to share chief with Bury

By Jonathan Werran | 27 January 2015

The Labour leader of Bolton MBC has ruled out a cost-saving shared chief executive suggestion moo...

Best laid schemes

By Jonathan Werran | 26 January 2015

Last week the Government laid out the draft Scotland Bill promising greater control of tax and sp...

Self-service to lead transformation drive by 2025, report claims

By Jonathan Werran | 23 January 2015

The push towards greater self-service, flexible working and multi-agency teams will be key priori...

South Oxfordshire office rebuild could take three years

By Jonathan Werran | 23 January 2015

It might take between two and three years for staff working at South Oxfordshire DC to return to ...

Council chiefs cry fiscal freedom in wake of draft Scotland Bill

By Jonathan Werran | 22 January 2015

English council chiefs have responded to publication of the draft Scotland Bill by restating thei...

Hague: Barnett funding vow 'trumps all other considerations'

By Jonathan Werran | 21 January 2015

The Barnett funding formula for allocating public spending among the nations of the UK to remain ...

Big Society has failed, experts report

By Jonathan Werran | 20 January 2015

The Coalition’s Big Society project has failed on its own terms amid a continued reduction in civ...

Cities central

By Jonathan Werran | 19 January 2015

Research issued this week by the Centre for Cities think- tank shows the UK remains split into tw...

North-south growth divide becoming entrenched, think-tank warns

By Jonathan Werran | 19 January 2015

The economic gap between the south of England and the rest of the country has widened in the last...

Tower Hamlets election evidence emerges

By Jonathan Werran | 15 January 2015

Some 30 Tower Hamlets LBC staff were instructed to secure 100 votes each for Mayor Lutfur Rahman ...