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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Comber lands top Greenwich post

By Jonathan Werran | 10 November 2014

Greenwich RLBC has appointed internal candidate John Comber as the borough’s next chief executive.

PASC attacks quangos' 'blurred' lines

By Jonathan Werran | 10 November 2014

Government use of quangos remains unaccountable despite coalition reforms and complexity is liken...

O'Donnell appointed next Glasgow chief executive

By Jonathan Werran | 07 November 2014

Annemarie O’Donnell has been appointed George Black’s replacement as chief executive of Glasgow C...

Local government bucks outsourcing trend

By Jonathan Werran | 07 November 2014

Councils signed £108m outsourcing deals in last quarter, seeing 164% growth on the same period la...

LGA chair Sparks recovering after Commons collapse

By Jonathan Werran | 06 November 2014

The chair of the Local Government Association, Cllr David Sparks, is to recover at home after col...

Calculate care workers pay better, improvement experts urge

By Jonathan Werran | 06 November 2014

Ministers should consider the use of automatic pay calculators to ensure care workers are paid de...

Lockwood reappointed as Harrow chief executive

By Jonathan Werran | 05 November 2014

LGA finance and policy director Michael Lockwood is poised to return as Harrow LBC chief executiv...

English support for greater devolution

By Jonathan Werran | 05 November 2014

Four-in-five people living in England support the devolution of more powers to local areas, polls...

Fierce reaction to staff salaries plan

By Jonathan Werran | 04 November 2014

Government proposals to claw back the salaries of senior council staff who find work within the s...

Brent's Living Wage discount

By Jonathan Werran | 04 November 2014

Brent LBC has proposed to offer business rates discounts of up to £5,000 to local firms who sign ...