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Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran

Jonathan Werran is head of news at Localis

Articles by Jonathan Werran

Commission calls for devolution within Birmingham's children's services

By Jonathan Werran | 14 October 2014

Responsibility for Birmingham's beleagured children's services should be devolved to 10 district...

Last but not least

By Jonathan Werran | 13 October 2014

The Lib Dems’ final annual party conference before next May’s General Election was, against all p...

Lock in £440m audit savings, commission urges

By Jonathan Werran | 13 October 2014

Cumulative £440m audit savings could be achieved were the Government to lock in low prices by ext...

More city devolution deals to be announced

By Jonathan Werran | 10 October 2014

Cities minister Greg Clark is poised to announce a further tranche of multi-billion pound devolut...

IFS: public sector faces future recruitment and retention challenge

By Jonathan Werran | 10 October 2014

Squeezed wages and difficult working conditions could make recruitment and retention of quality s...

Ofsted consults on schools' inspections shake-up

By Jonathan Werran | 10 October 2014

Education regulators Ofsted have put out for consultation proposals to conduct shorter but more f...

Unions suspend planned walkout

By Jonathan Werran | 09 October 2014

The three main local government trade unions have called off planned strike action next Tuesday -...

Danny, champion of devolved property taxes

By Jonathan Werran | 09 October 2014

Chief secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, has signalled his willingness to devolve a raft...

Lib Dem tax pledge gets poor reception

By Jonathan Werran | 07 October 2014

Liberal Democrat plans to create more council tax bands are a sign of the ‘hollow promise of devo...

A very British COO

By Jonathan Werran | 06 October 2014

The role of chief operating officer (COO) has been embedded in private sector management structu...